Shut Up Quotes - Page 5

• What, all so soon asleep! I wish mine eyes Would, with themselves, shut up my thoughts.

  William Shakespeare

  Sleep, Eye, Wish

  William Shakespeare, David Lindley (2002). “The Tempest”, p.138, Cambridge University Press

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• As one sees a river pass into the ocean, lose itself in it, its water for a time distinguished from that of the sea, till it gradually becomes transformed into the same sea, and possesses all its qualities; so was my soul lost in God, who communicated to it His qualities, having drawn it out of all that it had of its own. Its life is an inconceivable innocence, not known or comprehended of those who are still shut up in themselves or only live for themselves.

  Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon

  God, Ocean, Sea

  Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon (1806). “The Exemplary Life of the Pious Lady Guion”, p.234

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• The important question has nothing to do with whether the talk in your story is sacred or profane; the only question is how it rings on the page and in your ear. If you expect it to ring true, then you must talk yourself. Even more important, you must shut up and listen to others talk.

  Stephen King

  Writing, Important, Ears

  Stephen King (2001). “On writing: a memoir of the craft”

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• The Failure of Will theory is equally popular with people who are not depressed. Get out and take your mind off yourself, they say. You're too self-absorbed. This is just about the stupidest thing you can say to a depressed person, and it is said every day to depressed people all over this country. And if it isn't that, it's Shut up and take your Prozac.

  Chase Twichell

  Depression, Country, Depressed Person

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• I compare human life to a large mansion of many apartments, two of which I can only describe, the doors of the rest being as yet shut upon me.

  John Keats

  Life, Doors, Two

  John Keats (2015). “John Keats: Ode on a Grecian Urn (Unabridged): From one of the most beloved English Romantic poets, best known for his Odes, Ode to a Nightingale, Ode to Indolence, Ode to Psyche, Ode to Fanny, The Eve of St. Agnes, Lamia, Hyperion and more”, p.192, e-artnow

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• Avery: "So I've been doing some thinking." Cam: "Oh God." Avery: "Shut up.

  J. Lynn

  Thinking

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• So all you want is a kiss?" I asked. A little voice in my head said I was heading for one of those slippery slopes. I told the little voice to shut up. "Well, maybe more than one. But basically, yeah.

  Jenna Black

  Kissing, Voice, Want

  Jenna Black (2010). “Glimmerglass: A Faeriewalker Novel”, p.120, Macmillan

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• there are lots of would-be censors out there, and although they may have different agendas, they all want basically the same thing: for you to see the world they see...or to at least shut up about what you do see that's different. they are agents of the status quo. not necessarily bad guys, but dangerous guys if you happen to believe in intellectual freedom.

  Stephen King

  Believe, Guy, Intellectual

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• I said shut up once already, with my mouth.

  Daniel Woodrell

  Mouths, Said, Teardrop

  "Winter's Bone". www.imdb.com. 2010.

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• You are the devil to talk to, Rachel," he said curtly. "Will you shut up and listen?

  Kim Harrison

  Devil, Said

  Kim Harrison (2013). “Ever After”, p.11, HarperCollins UK

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• Teddy, Vern, Chris: I don't shut up. I grow up. And when I look at you, I throw up. Aghhh! Gordie: And then your mom goes around the corner and she licks it up.

  Stephen King

  Mom, Growing Up, Stand By Me

  "Stand by Me". www.imdb.com. 1986.

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• You must be Warden Ramirez." This is the part where I got nervous. Ramirez loved women. Ramirez never shut up about women. Well, he never shut up about anything in general, but he'd go on and on about various conquests and feats of sexual athleticism and— "A virgin?" Lara blurted. Lara blurted. She turned her head to me, grey eyes several shades paler than they had been, and very wide. "Really, Harry, I'm not sure what to say. Is he a present?

  Jim Butcher

  Eye, Goes On, Shade

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 7-12”, p.1726, Penguin

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• I am blackly bored when they are at large and at work; but somehow I am still more blackly bored when they are shut up in Holloway and we are deprived of them.

  Henry James

  Bored, Feminism, Stills

  Henry James (1974). “Letters”, p.603, Harvard University Press

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• The sign of the amateur is overglorification of and preoccupation with the mystery. The professional shuts up. She doesn't talk about it. She does her work.

  Steven Pressfield

  Doe, Mystery, Preoccupation

  Steven Pressfield (2002). “The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles”, p.78, Black Irish Entertainment LLC

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• Frank stared at him. "Unfair? You can breathe underwater and blow up glaciers and summon freaking hurricanes-and it's unfair that I can be an elephant?" Percy considered. "Okay. I guess you got a point. But the next time I say you're totally beast-" "Just shut up," Frank said. "Please." Percy cracked a smile.

  Rick Riordan

  Blow, Elephants, Underwater

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• Knowing when to speak up and when to shut up will get you very far not only in business, but in life.

  Sophia Amoruso

  Knowing, Speak

  Sophia Amoruso (2014). “#GIRLBOSS”, p.114, Penguin

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• Speaking of love, one problem that recurs more and more frequently these days, in books and plays and movies, Is the inability of people to communicate with the people they love: husbands and wives who can't communicate, Children who can't communicate with their parents, and so on. And the characters in these books and plays and so on, And in real life, I might add, spend hours bemoaning the fact that they can't communicate. I feel that if a person can't communicate, the very least he can do is to shut up!

  Tom Lehrer

  Children, Husband, Real

  "Alma". Song by Tom Lehrer, 1965.

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• You choose the life you want for yourself, and then you just shut up and go about it. That's how I've lived my life.

  Charlize Theron

  Want, You Choose

  FaceBook post by Charlize Theron from Apr 15, 2012

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• Meditation is the way in which we come to feel our basic inseparability from the whole universe, and what that requires is that we shut up.

  Alan Watts

  Meditation, Way, Feels

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• That's the secret: be interesting. If you can't be interesting, shut up. There's nothing wrong with silence.

  Earl Nightingale

  Interesting, Silence, Secret

  Robert C. Worstell, Earl Nightingale “How to Change Your Life in 30 Seconds - Compleat”, Lulu.com

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• Finally, if you want to write, you have to just shut up, pick up a pen, and do it. I'm sorry there are no true excuses. This is our life. Step forward. Maybe it's only for ten minutes. That's okay. To write feels better than all the excuses.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Sorry, Writing, Feel Better

  Natalie Goldberg (2016). “Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within”, p.217, Shambhala Publications

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• That's a big deal for kids, when they come into the kitchen and the teacher is drinking coffee with mom. They react differently on the next day when you say: 'Sit down and shut-up!'

  Ed O'Neill

  Mom, Teacher, Drinking

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• The real mystery is this strange need. Why can't we just hide it and shut up? Why do we have to blab? Why do human beings need to confess?

  Ted Hughes

  Real, Needs, Strange

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• Never miss an opportunity to shut up.

  Mark Twain

  Communication, Opportunity, Missing

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• I found that if I got up on the stage to entertain the troops I could make them shut up and look.

  Kenneth Williams

  Troops, Looks, Host

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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