Silence quotes

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

“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

“- Sacha Pfeiffer: We understand you settled several cases against the church.
- Eric Macleish: I can't discuss that.
- Sacha Pfeiffer: Are there any records of any of these settlements?
- Eric Macleish: No.”
Rachel McAdams - Sacha Pfeiffer
Billy Crudup - Eric Macleish

“- Daphne Wilder: Milly, honey, why are you so quiet?
- Mae: 'Cause she's doing the oompa-loompa with two guys, mom.”
Diane Keaton - Daphne Wilder
Lauren Graham - Maggie

“My God, the dead has arisen.”

Adolph Caesar - Old Mister Johnson

“Time to nut up or shut up!”
Woody Harrelson - Tallahassee

“- Mrs. Rittenhouse: Captain, this leaves me speechless.
- Captain Jeffrey Spaulding: Well, see that you remain that way.”
Margaret Dumont - Mrs. Rittenhouse
Groucho Marx - Captain Jeffrey Spaulding