"Many things are better for silence than for speech: others are better for speech than for stationery."

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Lord Acton

#Silence Quotes #Speech Quotes

“That Hugh Laurie show is nothing but Scrubs fan fiction.”
“I think we're out on a limb right now, hanging over a cliff, and we're trying to find a way to get back.”
“It's the maritime equivalent of rock climbing.”
“All sex, even consensual sex between a married couple, is an act of violence perpetrated against a woman.”
“The only thing that separates successful people from the ones who aren't is the willingness to work very, very hard.”
“Difficulties are just God's errands. If we are sent upon them, it is an evidence of His confidence. Therefore, let us be glad, be happy, for it is a way of being wise.”

Source : Ardeth Greene Kapp (1987). “I Walk by Faith”, Shadow Mountain
“On Facebook, Twitter, texting, e-mails, remember, it's a mode of communication, it is not communication. It's not real life. So step aside, make sure people see something other than the top of your head and live in real time, in the real world.”
“My songs, well, they are sad, but in all of them the person singing them - me or whoever - is actually still trying and hasn't given up yet.”

Source : "Crooked Fingers". Interview with Alison Fields, pitchfork.com. March 1, 2002.

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