59 Movie Quotes about Silence (+ Sound Clips) - page 3

Updated: Aug 19, 2025

Memorable quotes about silence, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

21 Oh, _ it. I don't have to talk either, man. See how you like it. Just total _ing silence.

Steve Buscemi as Carl Showalter in Fargo

22 I'm going to bed now, and it better be plenty quiet around here. What I want is peace and quiet!

Bill Thompson as Droopy Dog in The Tex Avery Show

23 Silence! I'm about to say the sooth.

Zero Mostel as Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

24 You're so quiet. -I'm looking at you. I can't speak when I do that.

Charles Boyer as Pepe Le Moko in Algiers

25 S, I, I, E, N, C, E, pronounced (silence). -Beautifully pronounced!

Harry Secombe; Harry Secombe as Neddie Seagoon in The Goon Show

26 It's a new explosive that makes no noise. It's called silentmite.

Julie Newmar as Catwoman in Batman (1966)

27 Give me the simple primitive woman, the woman of long silences... -Well, I'm only a publisher, but I'll see what I can do.

James Stewart in The Moon's Our Home (1941)

28 And then the rats... quite suddenly... were silent.

Vincent Price as Jean in Three Skeleton Key (Escape)

29 Shhh. -Don't you shhh me. Eighteen years of total silence, and you shhh me! -What? -I've kept my vow for 18 years... Not a single, recognizable, articulate sound has passed my lips.

Quote from Monty Python's Life of Brian

30 Slow heartbeat. Close the door on the senses, and listen to the silence.

Lee Van Cleef as John Peter McAllister in The Master (1984)

59 Movie Quotes about Silence (+ Sound Clips) - page 3

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