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“If I tried to shout over my older brother, my mother told me keep quiet. If I tried to shout over my little sister, my father told me to shut up. I found the best way to be heard was to lower my voice and actually speak when I had something to say.”

Ifs Way Littles Mother Found Father Speak Voice Heard Brother Quiet Best Way Shut Up Older Brother Little Sister

Author:Peter Welch

“If you want to get an audience quiet, just say "abortion" and everybody shuts up and the tension in the room is spectacular.”

Ifs Want Rooms Audience Quiet Tension Abortion Shut Up Spectacular

Author:Lewis Black

“If you can't keep quiet, shut up!”

Ifs Quiet Shut Up

Author:Gregory Ratoff

“One of the saddest sights of the slums is to see the thrifty wife of the working man, with her rosy brood of children, used to country air and sunshine, used to space, privacy, good surroundings, cleanliness, quiet, shut up amid the noise and dirt and confusion, in the gloom of the slum.”

Source: Beauty for Ashes, by Albion Fellows Bacon; with Numerous Illustrations

“The more elaborate your narrative, the more the spectator shuts up and listens obediently. And if the filmmaker keeps quiet, the spectator will himself project his own assumptions and sentiments onto the screen.”

Ifs Quiet Projects Screens Narrative Filmmaker Assumption Sentiments Shut Up Spectators

Author:Bruno Dumont

“I think we should SHUT UP, stop talking about negotiating anything, just be quiet and let things sort themselves out a little bit, and see what happens. Maybe there will be one or two other countries that think what Britain's done, we can do, and it seems the right way to go.”

Thinking Way Should Littles Two Country Done Seems Happens Bits Can Do Talking Quiet Little Bit Britain Other Countries Shut Up Right Way Negotiating

Author:Bernie Ecclestone

“When you speak words that are relevant to people, they automatically shut up and you know you are in the presence of some very magical words. It's a gift when someone can listen and be quiet and not interrupt.”

People Knows Speak Quiet Relevant Shut Up

Author:Sandra Cisneros

“I could never stand big-mouthed types. I had problems with that at high school. Ive still got the scars on my fists from the teeth of the guys I hit so that theyd finally shut up. I came from England to Canada, of course, and was often ridiculed because I had a strange accent. I was expelled from school and it was a long time before I could control myself. But the impulse remained: a punch in the mouth to get some peace and quiet.”

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Author:Lennox Lewis

“It's very important in life to know when to shut up. You should not be afraid of silence.”

Knows Inspirational Should Important Silence Quiet Shut Up

Author:Alex Trebek

“Shut up, Julius! I mean, quiet a moment, Commander.”

Mean Moments Quiet Shut Up Commanders Julius Fowl Artemis Fowl

Book:Artemis Fowl

Source: Artemis Fowl