Silence quotes

“My God, the dead has arisen.”

Adolph Caesar - Old Mister Johnson

“- Mrs. Rittenhouse: Captain, this leaves me speechless.
- Captain Jeffrey Spaulding: Well, see that you remain that way.”
Margaret Dumont - Mrs. Rittenhouse
Groucho Marx - Captain Jeffrey Spaulding

“Tony, you are being uncharacteristically non-hyperverbal.”
Scarlett Johansson - Natasha Romanoff

“- Patrick Harper: Sweet is the silent mouth, Cooper.
- Cooper: Didn't say a word, did I?”
Daragh O'Malley - Harper
Michael Mears - Cooper

“You don't talk very much... I like you!”

Elie Docter - Young Ellie

“We were instant best friends. Two people who understood each other without having to say a word.”
Famke Janssen - Kate Welles

“Now, Daisy, I want us to work out a signal system of communication. When I elbow you real hard in the face, that means: shut up.”
Kurt Russell - John Ruth

“I know there's things you cannot tell people. But I also know there's a story here people will hear about it.”
Mark Ruffalo - Mike Rezendes

“I love to read, and I like the fact that there's some silence in my life.”
Giancarlo Esposito

“Let's just say some things are better left unsaid.”
Eddie Murphy - Donkey

“To be silent is to be passive.”
Octavia Spencer

“Is this place soundproof, Doc? Because, you know, as you get older, you really appreciate the quiet more, you know?”
Tom Waits - Kenny

The closer we are to discovering the connection, the more the Congress turns a blind eye to it. "We can't talk about that in open session!", they say. "National security reasons". The truth lies dormant in their laps and they stay blind out of choice. A conspiracy of silence.
Giancarlo Esposito - Bugs Raplin

“The strange thing is, I don't think myself silent. That is because of my piano. I shall miss it on the journey.”

Holly Hunter - Ada

I once traveled with a guide who was taking me to Faya. He didn't speak for nine hours. At the end of it he pointed at the horizon and said, "Faya!". That was a good day.
Ralph Fiennes - Almásy

“- Donkey: What about my Miranda rights? Nobody said I have the right to remain silent!
- Shrek: You have the right to remain silent. What you lack is the capacity.”
Eddie Murphy - Donkey
Mike Myers - Shrek

- Seth Gecko: You. Plant yourself in that chair.
- Hostage Gloria Hill: What are you gonna do with...
- Seth Gecko: I said "plant yourself". Plants don't talk.
George Clooney - Seth Gecko
Brenda Hillhouse - Hostage Gloria Hill

“I am not breaking radio silence just cos' you lot got spooked by a dead flying fucking cow.”
Sean Pertwee - Sgt. Harry G. Wells

“Do you know what this family needs? A mute.”
Denis Colin Leary - Gus

“- Skip Caldwell: You hear that?
- Camilla Bedford: No, I don't. Birds?
- Skip Caldwell: Silence. That's what was hard to get used to. It still is sometimes. It's kind of like floating on a peaceful lake with a tornado in your head or something.”
Billy Bob Thornton - Skip Caldwell
Frances O'Connor - Camilla Bedford

“Morgan, after you were born, the doctor gave you to your mother. When she first looked at you, you just stared right back. You both just stared at each other for longest time, and you didn't even cry.”
Mel Gibson - Rev. Graham Hess

“- Omar: Did you fart?
- Tony: Nah.
- Omar: Man, you cut the cheese!
- Tony: Whoever smelt it dealt it.
- Omar: Well, whoever denied it supplied it.”
Joel Robinson - Omar
Michael Maccarone - Tony

“- Mariner: You talk a lot.
- Enola: I talk a lot because you don't talk at all.”
Kevin Costner - Mariner
Tina Majorino - Enola

“There's a moment of orderly silence before a football play begins. Players are in position, linemen are frozen, and anything is possible. Then, like a traffic accident, stuff begins to randomly collide.”
Sandra Bullock - Leigh Anne Tuohy

“- Rodmilla: Marguerite, precious, what do I always say about tone?
- Jacqueline: A lady of breeding ought never to raise her voice any louder than the... gentle hum of a whisper in the wind.
- Rodmilla: Jacqueline, dear, do not speak unless you can improve the silence.”
Anjelica Huston - Rodmilla
Melanie Lynskey - Jacqueline