David Guterson Quotes

I have never been hurt by what I have not said.

When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don't let anyone persuade you to say it.

It is well for one to know more than he says.

When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

Give thy thoughts no tongue.

If you have nothing to say for yourself then kindly keep your mouth shut!

Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.

I regret things all the time. I've never regretted not saying something. I've only regretted saying something.

I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.

Never rise to speak till you have something to say; and when you have said it, cease.

I will begin to speak when I have that to say which had not better be unsaid.

Be a listener only, keep within yourself, and endeavor to establish within yourself the habit of silence, especially in politics.

Listen! Clam up your mouth and be silent like an oyster shell, for that tongue of yours is the enemy of the soul, my friend. When the lips are silent, the heart has a hundred tongues.

Sometimes you can tell a wise person not only by what he says but also by what he doesn't say. Remember, it is much better to say little than to say too much and regret it later.

Everybody has said or done the wrong thing and regretted it later, but at the time, you really couldn't help it! As you get older, you're more guarded, but that's a really tough process of learning, to be brutally honest, about some things and keeping your mouth shut about others.

You're almost always better off keeping your mouth shut, but don't let that stop you from popping off.

He knows not when to be silent who knows not when to speak.

There's nothing wrong with keeping your mouth shut if you don't have anything nice to say.

A man is more a man through the things he keeps to himself than through those he says.

Many times in life I've regretted the things I've said without thinking. But I've never regretted the things I said nearly as much as the words I left unspoken.

I have often repented of speech but hardly ever of silence.

I don't vocalise things that don't deserve attention.

I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual now-a-days to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot

I was quiet. If I really wanted to say something, I would. I just wasn't interested in saying anything.

If I have to be focused and watch what I say, then I have to be comfortable.