I do know of these That therefore only are reputed wise For saying nothing.
Sometimes speech is no more than a device for saying nothing - and a neater one than silence.
Why waste a sentence saying nothing?
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.
It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists.
You're like a dull knife, just ain't cuttin', just talkin' loud and saying nothing
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.
A true Zen saying: "Nothing is what I want.
You can't improve on saying nothing.