The finest command of language is often shown by 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.
It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists.
our nerve filaments twitch with its presence day and night, nothing we say has not the husky phlegm of it in the saying, nothing we do has the quickness, the sureness, the deep intelligence living at peace would have.
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.
I ain't affraid to let it out, i'm not affraid to take that fall, but i found beyond all doubt, you say more by saying nothing at all.
He's [Captain Cold] not the big bad, but he's certainly playing a pretty big role. Especially in the early part of the season, he's Barry's main nemesis. There is a very definitive big bad in Season 1 that will become apparent as you watch the show. How's that for saying nothing?
You can't improve on saying nothing.
You're like a dull knife, just ain't cuttin', just talkin' loud and saying nothing
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.
A true Zen saying: "Nothing is what I want.
Sometimes being a good friend means saying nothing.
Why waste a sentence saying nothing?
There is nothing worse than doing nothing and saying nothing when your voice is needed,
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.
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.
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
Sometimes speech is no more than a device for saying nothing - and a neater one than silence.
It's better to say nothing than spend 1,000 words or an hour speech saying nothing. Get to the point.
I don't think something is a failure if you put your all into it. I'm a big fan of the saying, "Nothing beats a failure but a try."
People have nothing to say, but they are afraid of saying nothing, so what they do say comes out flat and vapid and meaningless. The shadow of death is on every face.
I do know of these That therefore only are reputed wise For saying nothing.
There is little much beyond the grave, but the strong are saying nothing until they see.
Yet we must say something when those who say the most are saying nothing.