As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.
As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
There is nothing worse than doing nothing and saying nothing when your voice is needed,
I don't know what to say to her. All I know is, I ain't saying it. And I know she ain't saying what she want a say either and it's a strange thing happening here cause nobody saying nothing and we still managing to have us a conversation
The trouble is that once you see it, you can't unsee it. And once you've seen it, keeping quiet, saying nothing, becomes as political an act as speaking out. There's no innocence. Either way, you're accountable.
The spoken word converts individual knowledge into mutual knowledge, and there is no way back once you've gone over that cliff. Saying nothing was more amendable, and over time I'd come to see that it was usually your best course of action.
It's better to say nothing than spend 1,000 words or an hour speech saying nothing. Get to the point.
Sometimes being a good friend means saying nothing.
Why waste a sentence saying nothing?
I said nothing. I’m good at saying nothing. I don’t like talking. I could go the rest of my life without saying another word, if I had to.