Mostly, we talk to impress. And sometimes we shut up to impress, too.
-Nema Al Araby
Quotations
Silence
Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music.
-Marcel Marceau
Silence is pure and holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking.
-Nicholas Sparks
"The Notebook"
Your silence gives consent.
-Plato
When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie.
-Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Music is pleasing not only because of the sound but because of the silence that is in it: without the alternation of sound and silence there would be no rhythm.
-Thomas Merton
"No Man Is an Island"
Not everyone talks in words.
-Nema Al Araby
You need to keep reminding yourself of the obvious: charm lies in the unsaid, the unwritten, and the undisplayed. It takes mastery to control silence.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
To be an artist, you need to exist in a world of silence.
-Louise Bourgeois
When you connect to the silence within you; that is when you can make sense of the disturbance going on around you.
-Stephen Richards
