Silence quotes

“Silences are the most underrated part of comedy.”
David Steinberg

Once, my husband told me of this man. He avenges our wrongs. And the bounty killers sure do tremble when he appears. They call him "Silence." Because wherever he goes, the silence of death follows.
Vonetta McGee - Pauline Middleton

“The hopeless dream of being - not seeming, but being. At every waking moment, alert. The gulf between what you are with others and what you are alone. The vertigo and the constant hunger to be exposed, to be seen through, perhaps even wiped out. Every inflection and every gesture a lie, every smile a grimace. Suicide? No, too vulgar. But you can...” (continue) (continue reading)

Margaretha Krook - The Doctor

“I understand why you don't speak, why you don't move, why you've created a part for yourself out of apathy. I understand. I admire. You should go on with this part until it is played out, until it loses interest for you. Then you can leave it, just as you've left your other parts one by one.”

Margaretha Krook - The Doctor

“- Ben Wade: I mean, I don't go around just shootin' people down... I work quiet, like you.
- Dan Evans: All right, so you're quiet like me. Well then, shut up like me.”
Glenn Ford - Ben Wade
Van Heflin - Dan Evans

“It's not easy to shut an actor's mouth.”
Vincent Price - Prof. Henry Jarrod

“My advice to you, Chef, if you want to live a long life, eat your own tongue.”
Daniel Brühl - Tony

“Sometimes I think he might just kill me just to keep me quiet.”
Kim Poirier - Heather Greco

“Man is as silent as the grave. But if farts were flattery? Honey, he'd be Shakespeare.”

Octavia Spencer - Zelda Fuller

“The wind whispers of fear and hate. The war has killed love. And those that confess to the Angka are punished, and no one dare ask where they go. Here, only the silent survive.”
Haing S. Ngor - Dith Pran

“Sometimes the smartest remark is silence.”

Li Gong - Hatsumomo

“You got something to say to me now, blue-eyes? No more silent treatment?”
Ken Jeong - Mr. Chow

“- Deputy Bill Geisler: Not everyone in Garrison is a murderer.
- Sheriff Freddy Heflin: No, they just keep their eyes closed and their mouths shut, just like me.”
Noah Emmerich - Deputy Bill Geisler
Sylvester Stallone - Freddy Heflin

“I don't hear anything... only silence.”
Natalie Dormer - Jess Price

“Every now and then, when you're on stage, you hear the best sound a player can hear. It's a sound you can't get in movies or television. It is the sound of a wonderful, deep silence that means you've hit them where they live.”
Shelley Winters

“You have the grand gift of silence, Watson; it makes you quite invaluable as a companion. [Watson punches him in the face]”
Robert Downey Jr. - Sherlock Holmes

“- Diane: What went wrong?
- Will Henry: I guess she just stopped talking. And I enjoyed the silence too much.”
Regina Hall - Diane
Jemaine Clement - Will Henry

“- Matt Kowalski: So, what do you like about being up here?
- Ryan Stone: The silence.”
George Clooney - Matt Kowalski
Sandra Bullock - Ryan Stone

“You have the right to remain silent... but I want to hear you scream!”
Samuel L. Jackson - P.K. Highsmith

“Listen, you Malibu middle class Barbie piece of shit, I'm tryin' to work here.”

Bill Moseley - Otis

“Bet twenty thousand![the poolhall falls silent]
Oh, did I stutter? Everybody gone all quiet and shit? About a minute ago it was like an evening at the Apollo up in this motherfucker, now all of a sudden it's quiet as a church.”
Mars Callahan - Johnny

“- Captain Robinson: You speak English? Why didn't you say anything before?
- Morozov: No one speaks me, I don't speak them.”
Jude Law - Robinson
Grigoriy Dobrygin - Morozov

“I don't like uncomfortable silences.”
Aaron Stanford - Pyro

“I pray but I am lost. Am I just praying to silence?”
Andrew Garfield - Rodrigues

“When I asked for your advice, I didn't mean that you should actually speak.”

Morgan Freeman - DCI William Cabot