There was a time when I stopped singing, between 16 and 19, but that was done on purpose, maybe as a punishment, maybe as a cure.
Law stands mute in the midst of arms
Less pains in the world a man cannot take than to bold his tongue.
I've forgotten the words with which to tell you. I knew them once, but I've forgotten them, and now I'm talking to you without them.
We cannot, as a people, remain mute and free.
Discipline must come through liberty.
The stork is voiceless because there is really nothing to say.
Civil disobedience is a preparation for mute suffering.
I loved to dance because I was scared to speak. When I was moving, I could feel.
Now I am silent, hate Up to my neck, Thick, thick. I do not speak.
What is thy sentence then but speechless death.
Parent of sweetest sounds, yet mute forever.
I like silence.
Words deserted him immediately. He could only speak when he was not asked to.
Whoever wishes to devote himself to painting should begin by cutting out his own tongue
Why are we mute? Where are our leaders, our legislators? Where is the church?
This letter gives me a tongue; and were I not allowed to write, I should be dumb. [Lat., Praebet mihi littera linguam: Et, si non liceat scribere, mutus ero.]
Beauty is a mute deception.
One word from you shall silence me forever.
Smell is the mute sense, the one without words.
The advantage of beating a mute is he can't tell on you.
My voice went recently, never happened before, off like a tap. I had to sit in silence for nine days, chalkboard around my neck. Like an old-school mime. Like a kid in the naughty corner. Like a Victorian mute.
I always defined myself in terms of my talkativeness, and being without a voice hits me in a number of ways.
Blessed are they who hold lively conversations with the helplessly mute, for they shall be called dentists.
Sometimes you've got to keep your mouth shut.
