I go everywhere quiet - like a ninja. Always have done. Think big, move quiet.
If you don't have story to tell the public at large - you have to be able to sort of go listen.
Keeping quiet and letting the others do the talking. That may be Angela Merkel's method, but it's not mine.
If you're trying to take a roomful of people by surprise, it's a lot easier to hit your targets if you don't yell going through the door.
With cats, some say, one rule is true: Don't speak till you are spoken to.
Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!