Paul Walker Quotes

To be silent is sometimes an art, yet not so great a one as certain people would have us believe, who are wisest they are most silent.

I suppose that people, using themselves and each other so much by words, are at least consistent in attributing wisdom to a still tongue.

Silence and tact may or may not be the same thing.

I don't know what goes on behind my back... I always feel like, if you don't have anything good to say, then don't say anything.

You can't know too much, but you can say too much.

I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.

It illustrates vividly my incapacity of knowing when to be silent and when to speak.

If you're not sure of what to say, don't say anything.

Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.

In this job, I've found the less I talk, the better.

Even the wordiest of men know there's a time to button it.

Gossip is the currency of the discourse, so you should shut up about yourself. Never confess, never explain, never apologize, and never complain.

Have you ever heard the phrase, it is better to keep your mouth closed and have people wonder if you are stupid than open it and remove all doubt? (Hakim al Harbi)

I have often repented of speech but hardly ever of silence.

The truth is, if you're around long enough, you have a story about everyone. But it's best to keep your mouth shut sometimes.

If you have nothing to say, say nothing.

Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.

It is easier not to speak a word at all than to speak more words than we should.

You can't say everything, so you don't say nothing.

Knowing when to say something and when not to say something is important.

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say.

A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.

All truth is not to be told at all times.