“When you have something to say, silence is a lie.”

“If you want to say something and have people listen then you have to
wear a mask. If you want to be honest then you have to live a lie.”

Banksy pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, and painter

“It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.”

Victor Hugo (1802–1885) French poet, novelist, and dramatist

“Go to where the silence is and say something.”

Amy Goodman (1957) American broadcast journalist, syndicated columnist, investigative reporter and author

“When you have nothing to say, say nothing; a weak defense strengthens your opponent, and silence is less injurious than a bad reply.”

Charles Caleb Colton (1777–1832) British priest and writer

“Either be silent or say something better than silence.”

Publilio Siro Latin writer

“The secret is to know how to lie" he used to say, " and to know when someone's lying to you". His father, Steve eventually decided, must have known how to lie.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Last Song

“I hate when people say that they have something to tell you and they don't just say it.”

Jenny Han book To All the Boys I've Loved Before

“But when she tried to say something, the words always seemed trite and inadequate. Nothing measured up. When any moment might be their last, there was nothing she could ever imagine saying that had the necessary dignity to fill that instant. Silence was better. Silence had its own dignity.”

Alastair Reynolds book Century Rain

“Wise men speak when they have something to say, fools speak because they have to say something”

Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy