Selective Communication Quotes

Listen to many, speak to a few.

Every day I add to the list of things I refuse to discuss. The wiser the man, the longer the list.

I'm a personal type of person. I'll speak when I have something to say, not 'cause someone just wants to know something.

To not say all that can be said is the secret of discipline and economy.

I have been cautioned to talk but be careful not to say anything. I do not consider this a difficult task.

You don't have to say everything to say something.

Daddy always said you only explained things to the people that actually mattered.

Address the people you seek, and them only

I've always been a guy who's reserved my words for the right time.

The best thing about the Internet is that it's limited to however you want to do it. You don't gotta talk to everybody, just use it as a outlet.

We can speak very much to the purpose and yet in such a way that the whole world cries out in contradiction: namely, when we are not speaking to the whole world.

I'm not dying for everyone to hear everything we do. Forty minutes every two years is sensible.

Miracle workers learn to keep their own counsel. Something that's important to know about spiritual wisdom is that, when spoken at the wrong time, in the wrong place, or to the wrong person, the one who speaks sounds more like a fool than a wise one.

The law of silence: Speak little. Say only what you must. Speak only when necessary. Your oratory should be deeds, not words. You accomplish: let others talk.

For people who are really talented, what you don't say becomes extremely important. You have to judge what to say and what to leave alone so you can let the talent develop.

Always say less than necessary.

I speak on things I'd like to speak on. Anything else, I'll keep quiet.

I don't know how to speak to everybody, only to somebody.