Quotes about Remain Silent

I observe and remain silent. Votes: 4

When they remain silent, they cry out. Votes: 4

It would have been more comfortable to remain silent. Votes: 4

I observe and remain silent. Votes: 3

Those who remain silent are responsible. Votes: 3

Truth can remain silent. Lies must be spoken. Votes: 3

Those who kept silent yesterday will remain silent tomorrow. Votes: 3

About what one can not speak, one must remain silent. Votes: 3

If I were to remain silent, I'd be guilty of complicity. Votes: 3

Truth to tell, we are all criminals if we remain silent.... Votes: 3

To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all. Votes: 3

In order to remain silent Da-sein must have something to say. Votes: 3

The one who insists on never uttering an error must remain silent. Votes: 3

I had the right to remain silent... but I didn't have the ability. Votes: 3

To remain silent in the face of evil is itself a form of evil. Votes: 3

Only the silent hear and those who do not remain silent do not hear. Votes: 3

To remain silent for only one minute is a serious punishment for a gabby! Votes: 3

Music is what we need when language fails us, but we cannot remain silent. Votes: 3

Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act. Votes: 3

Sometimes, to remain silent is to lie, since silence can be interpreted as assent. Votes: 3

Sometimes a people lose their right to remain silent when pressured to remain silent. Votes: 3

Whoever is not prepared to talk about capitalism should also remain silent about fascism, Votes: 3

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent Votes: 3

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. Votes: 3

We cannot remain silent when someone of the Pope's stature and credibility confuses religious principles for science Votes: 3

It is forgivable to say nothing out of ignorance; it's inexcusable to remain silent once awareness dawns. Votes: 3

I understand, and not knowing how to express myself without pagan words, I’d rather remain silent Votes: 3

Sometimes, and those times are many, wisdom demands that we remain silent. This is such a time. Votes: 3

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. Votes: 3

Oh, how much holier the world would be if more people invoked their right to remain silent. Votes: 3

To remain silent is the most useful service that a mediocre speaker can render to the public good. Votes: 3

Every organization has issues and concerns which are known about by many people who choose to remain silent. Votes: 3

It takes courage to speak up against complacency and injustice while others remain silent. But that's what leadership is. Votes: 3

You are no Satyagrahi if you remain silent or passive spectators while your enemy is being done to death. Votes: 3

I will not remain silent, resigned to watch as my fellow prisoners collapse under the strain of slavery-like conditions. Votes: 3

When we tell little white lies, we become progressively color-blind. It is better to remain silent than to mislead. Votes: 3

If a police officer arrests a mime, does he need to tell him he has the right to remain silent. Votes: 3

The worst expression of the Prophet's (Sallallahu "˜Alayhi Wa Sallam) anger towards his wife was that he would remain silent. Votes: 3

Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent. Votes: 3

Ahmed Johnson came from a neighborhood where the most common words heard was, You have the right to remain silent. Votes: 3

You plan to be a challenge, do you?" Juliana smiled angelically. "I agreed to remain, my lord. Not to remain silent. Votes: 3

In a twilight garden, when a brown nightingale starts singing, what is left to a blonde chicken is to remain silent. Votes: 3

I have finally learned that I must remain silent as much as possible. I must always keep my thoughts to myself. Votes: 3

...dusk is the time when men whisper of matters about which they remain silent in the full light of the sun. Votes: 3

I don't speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don't have the power to remain silent. Votes: 3

One writes a poem when one is so taken up by an emotional concept that one is unable to remain silent. Votes: 3

Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent. Votes: 3

Silence is death, and you, if you talk, you die, and if you remain silent, you die. So, speak out and die. Votes: 3

It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it. Votes: 3

I don't believe architecture has to speak too much. It should remain silent and let nature in the guise of sunlight and wind Votes: 3

It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce. Votes: 3

I think I wanted to write a book about the relationship between the victim and perpetrator in which the victim agrees to remain silent. Votes: 3

On our watch, the conversation with a would-be suicide bomber will not begin with the words, 'You have the right to remain silent.' Votes: 3

Great things demand that we either remain silent about them or speak in a great manner: in a great manner, that is-cynically and with innocence. Votes: 3

Next generation leaders are those who would rather challenge what needs to change and pay the price than remain silent and die on the inside Votes: 3

You do not need to justify asking questions. But if you think you have found answers, you do not have the right to remain silent. Votes: 3

A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent. Votes: 3

A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent. Votes: 3

It is my province to teach to the church what the doctrine is. It is your province to echo what I say or to remain silent. Votes: 3

Better to remain silent and thought a fool, than to speak out and confirm that you didn't do the assigned readings before the strategic planning retreat. Votes: 3

Whatever your grade or position, if you know how and when to speak, and when to remain silent, your chances of real success are proportionately increased. Votes: 3

Like a good Indian, he knew when to talk and when to remain silent. Like a good Indian, he knew there was never a good time to talk. Votes: 3

The cuckoos remain silent for a long time (for several seasons) until they are able to sing sweetly (in the Spring) so as to give joy to all. Votes: 3

In a certain state of mind, all trace of feeling is banished. Whenever I remain silent in a certain way, I don't love you, have you noticed that? Votes: 3

Are these the Americans? People remain silent and placate the Americans. By God, they only deserve scorn. We slaughtered them yesterday and we will continue to slaughter them. Votes: 3

We become equally responsible for the actions of others the instant we become conscious of what they are doing wrong but remain silent because we think it is right. Votes: 3

The great Islamic nation cannot ... be indifferent and remain silent on the injustice done to you. The Islamic nation is required to assist you in any way it can. Votes: 3

Good writing can be defined as having something to say and saying it well. When one has nothing to say, one should remain silent. Silence is always beautiful at such times. Votes: 3

If there is any human tragedy, there is only one, and it occurs when we forget who we are and remain silent while a stranger takes up residence inside our skin. Votes: 3

Mr. Speaker, there are some in this Chamber who believe that Christians, like well-behaved children, should be seen and not heard... Christians will not remain silent. We are here to stay. Votes: 3

I know that some believe that voluntary prayer in schools should be restricted to a moment of silence. We already have the right to remain silent - we can take our Fifth Amendment. Votes: 3

When a wise man does not understand, he says: "I do not understand." The fool and the uncultured are ashamed of their ignorance. They remain silent when a question could bring them wisdom. Votes: 3

I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know that's not enough to change the world. But to remain silent would have been a kind of intolerable complicity. Votes: 3

A recent government survey found that 47 percent of all women report being the victims of either physical, emotional, sexual or economic violence. But 84 percent of those who are victims of domestic violence remain silent. Votes: 3

A lot of people criticized me for speaking out, not long ago, about gay marriage. I could not remain silent any longer. It's the civil rights of our day. It's the issue of our day. Votes: 3

I had two options One was to remain silent and wait to be killed and the second was to speak up and then be killed. I chose the second one. I decided to speak up. Votes: 3

One who criticises capitalism while approving of immigration, of which the working class is its first victim, would do better to remain silent. One who criticises immigration while remaining silent regarding capitalism should do the same. Votes: 3

Corporate America cannot afford to remain silent or passive about the downward spiral we are undergoing. It cannot turn a blind eye to how difficult the experience of life is for so many of their customers. Votes: 3

The longer you remain silent, the longer you don't turn over documents, a presumption begins to build that you're withholding something. That's human nature. That may not be a legal presumption, but that's a common sense presumption. Votes: 3

Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to prevent it. This is certain. The best course, therefore, is to remain silent. Votes: 3

The sense of the world must lie outside the world... What we cannot speak about we must remain silent about... What can be described can happen too, and what is excluded by the laws of causality cannot be described. Votes: 3

Whatever defamation of character my enemies are spreading about me, I do not feel the need to justify myself toward them. While discretion obliges me to remain silent, my duty compels me to prevent them from doing any more harm. Votes: 3

We can't gather the intelligence we need to foil future attacks, if we are blindly granting terrorists the right to remain silent. But for some reason, we've already done that - with the terrorist who tried to bring down Flight 253. Votes: 3

We can't gather the intelligence we need to foil future attacks, if we are blindly granting terrorists the right to remain silent. But for some reason, we've already done that - with the terrorist who tried to bring down Flight 253. Votes: 3

No matter which way we go, it is no better than any other. It is all the same whether you achieve something or not, have faith or not, just as it is all the same whether you cry or remain silent. Votes: 3

Be true to Love. Do not betray Her. Then, on the day that the forest of the mind bursts into flames, you will not run. You will remain silent and still; for this is when Love bears Her sweetest fruit: untouched Presence. Votes: 3

Jonathan Swift wrote that it is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. It is also better to repeat yourself and be thought a scold than to speak only once and never be heard. Votes: 3

It is better to sit alone than in company with the bad, and it is better still to sit with the good than alone. It is better to speak to a seeker of knowledge than to remain silent, but silence is better than idle words. Votes: 3

Prior to any questioning, the person must be warned that he has a right to remain silent, that any statement he does make may be used as evidence against him and that he has a right to the presence of an attorney, either retained or appointed. Votes: 3

Human rights are universal and indivisible. Human freedom is also indivisible: if it is denied to anyone in the world, it is therefore denied, indirectly, to all people. This is why we cannot remain silent in the face of evil or violence; silence merely encourages them. Votes: 3

When public figures remain silent about depression, there is a cost to the rest of society. Silence contributes to the misperception that successful people do not get depressed, and it keeps the public from seeing that treatment allows many individuals to return to competitive professional lives. Votes: 3

we need to turn the question around to look at the harasser, not the target. We need to be sure that we can go out and look anyone who is a victim of harassment in the eye and say, 'You do not have to remain silent anymore. Votes: 3

After one has been in prison, it is the small things that one appreciates: being able to take a walk whenever one wants, going into a shop and buying a newspaper, speaking or choosing to remain silent. The simple act of being able to control one's person. Votes: 3

If I made laws for Shakers or a school, I should gazette every Saturday all the words they were wont to use in reporting religious experience, as "spiritual life," "God," "soul," "cross," etc., and if they could not find new ones next week, they might remain silent. Votes: 3

The following are the universally fundamental laws of literary communication: 1. one must have something to communicate; 2. one must have someone to whom to communicate it; 3. one must really communicate it, not merely express it for oneself alone. Otherwise it would be more to the point to remain silent. Votes: 3

I am very close to my family. I have learned a lot from my father. He used to tell me to be honest with yourself and not to argue with your seniors. You dont need to be involved in any quarrel, as sometimes you need to remain silent intelligently. Votes: 3

I am very close to my family. I have learned a lot from my father. He used to tell me to be honest with yourself and not to argue with your seniors. You don't need to be involved in any quarrel, as sometimes you need to remain silent intelligently. Votes: 3

Great thoughts cannot remain silent. They are born to scream! Votes: 2

You are most like Christ, when you remain silent under attack. Votes: 2

In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent. Votes: 2

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent. Votes: 1

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent. Votes: 1

I find it next to impossible to remain politely silent when people prate to me about the glory of being given another chance to live happily ever after! Votes: 1

New-Year's Day arriving, and the ministers, to whom I wrote, remaining silent, I consider their silence as evidence, that they cannot prove what I said not to be from the Lord, and have therefore published as I was directed. Votes: 1

I open my eyes To my own mistake I see all around me Hands getting raized And Questions remain Silent... Votes: 0

Words can bring you only up to their own limit; to go beyond, you must abandon them. Remain as the silent witness only. Votes: 0

There is a 3rd point of view on the gun control issue--those who I refer to as THE VICTIMS--but they remain strangely silent... Votes: 0

Do you want to change the world? Then change yourself first. Do you want to change yourself? Then remain completely silent inside the silence-sea. Votes: 0