Quotes related to Proverbs 17:28
What do you wish to draw my attention to? To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time. The dog did nothing in the night-time. That was the curious incident, remarked Sherlock Holmes.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
it was not a silence of resentment; it was the silence of an understanding too delicate to limit by words.
— Ayn Rand
Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.
— Epictetus
We have two ears and one mouth so we may listen more and talk the less.
— Epictetus
She was not too young to be wise, but she was too young to know that wisdom shouldn't be spoken aloud when you are happy.
— Graham Greene
If ash-trays could speak, sir.' 'Indeed, yes.
— Graham Greene
I have worries, but in difficult times, that is when I am quiet.
— Ariel Sharon
I think pastors are the worst listeners. We're so used to speaking, teaching, giving answers. We must learn to be quiet, quit being so verbal, learn to pay attention to what's going on, and listen.
— Eugene Peterson
LADY STUTFIELD I adore silent men. MRS ALLONBY Oh, Ernest isn't silent. He talks the whole time. But he has got no conversation. What he talks about I don't know. I haven't listened to him for years.
— Oscar Wilde
During the whole time I sat with him in Congress, I never heard him utter three sentences together.
— John Adams
She sat beside him in the car, feeling no desire to speak, knowing that neither of them could conceal the meaning of their silence.
— Ayn Rand
It is not advisable, James, to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener.
— Ayn Rand