Thoughtful Pause Quotes

A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

If I don't think something's worth saying, I don't think it's quite there, I'd rather just not say it, to be honest. In that case, I'd rather wait 'till the thought is ready, 'till I feel like I'm happy with everything.

The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.

Letter writing is an excellent way of slowing down this lunatic helterskelter universe long enough to gather one’s thoughts

When you say: The simple truth is this, and then you pause, and then you finish the sentence, people stop, and they think specifically about what you're saying. And it's, in essence, trying to boil it down to something that's very understandable and meaningful.

Not every one who has the gift of speech understands the value of silence.

I'm the guy who spends 15 minutes staring out of the window wondering what to have for lunch.

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

Speaking is what most people work on. They forget the thinking and the breathing and instead try to occupy space with sound.

Lady Maccon stopped suddenly. Her husband got four long strides ahead before he realized she had paused. She was starring thoughtfully up into the aether, twirling the deadly parasol about her head. "I have just remembered something," Alexia said when he returned to her side. "Oh, that explains everything. How foolish of me to think you could walk and remember at the same time.

I don't think we spend enough time in silence, just realizing what's floating around in our noggin.

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

I am accustomed to think very long of going anywhere,--am slow to move. I hope to hear a response of the oracle first.

It is in quiet that our best ideas occur to us. Don't make the mistake of believing that by a frantic kind of dashing around you are being your most effective and efficient self. Don't assume that you are wasting time when you take time out for thought.