Top 9 Saying Less Quotes

When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control. Even if you are saying something banal, it will seem original if you make it vague, open-ended,

When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control. Even if you are saying something banal, it will seem original if you make it vague, open-ended, and sphinxlike. Powerful people impress and intimidate by saying less. The more you say, the more likely you are to say something foolish.

Robert Greene

Powerful, Saying Less, People

"The 48 Laws Of Power". Book by Robert Greene, 2010.

I feel there is something nice about not talking. Like you can say more by actually saying less.

Ryan Gosling

Nice, Talking, Saying Less

"The Ides of March - Ryan Gosling interview". Interview with Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

If you call [the synagogue] a brothel, a den of vice, the devil's refuge, Satan's fortress, a place to deprave the soul, an abyss of every conceivable disaster or whatever else you will, you are still saying less than it deserves.

St. Jerome

Saying Less, Soul, Devil

There is at least one thing more brutal than the truth, and that is the consequence of saying less than the truth.

Ti-Grace Atkinson

Saying Less, Brutal, One Thing

Ti-Grace Atkinson (1974). “Amazon odyssey”

To say more while saying less is the secret of being simple.

Dejan Stojanovic

Simple, Saying Less, Secret

"Simplicity". Poem by Dejan Stojanovic,

There are many who say more than the truth on some occasions, and balance the account with their consciences by saying less than the truth on others. But the fact is that they are in both instances as fraudulant as he would be that exacted more than his due from his debtors, and paid less than their due to his creditors.

Charles Caleb Colton

Saying Less, Balance, Debtors

Charles Caleb Colton (1832). “Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”

It is saying less than the truth to affirm that an excellent book (and the remark holds almost equally good of a Raphael as of a Milton) is like a well-chosen and well-tended fruit tree. Its fruits are not of one season only. With the due and natural intervals, we may recur to it year after year, and it will supply the same nourishment and the same gratification, if only we ourselves return to it with the same healthful appetite.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Book, Saying Less, Years

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1858). “The complete works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With an introductory essay upon his philosophical and theological opinions”, p.230

Jeez, Hazel," Percy said, "tell your horse to watch his language." Hazel tried not to laugh. "What did he say?" "With the cussing removed? He said he can get us to the top." Frank looked incredulous. "I thought the horse couldn't fly!" This time Arion whinnied so angrily, even Hazel could guess he was cursing. "Dude," Percy told the horse, "I've gotten suspended for saying less than that.

Rick Riordan

Horse, Saying Less, Laughing