
“Silence is not always tact and it is tact that is golden, not silence.”
Silence and Tact
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912), Part XIV - Higgledy-Piggledy
Independent on Sunday obituary http://web.archive.org/web/20100522031727/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/bob-monkhouse-jokewriter-to-the-stars-and-the-longreigning-king-of-primetime-comedy-dies-at-75-578058.html
“Silence is not always tact and it is tact that is golden, not silence.”
Silence and Tact
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912), Part XIV - Higgledy-Piggledy
Song Silence is Golden http://www.lyricsdownload.com/tremeloes-silence-is-golden-lyrics.html
Bk. III, ch. 3.
1830s, Sartor Resartus (1833–1834)
“Some say silence is golden, I choose noise.”
[Blake Lewis' profile, http://myspace.com/blakelewis, 2007-06-04, MySpace]
["What Are You Doing This Weekend?: Bshorty Farewell Party with KJ Sawka + Ra Scion + Joe Doria", http://www.seattleweekly.com/music/blogs/reverb/what_are_you_doing_this_weekend/, 2007-06-04, January 26, 2007, Seattle Weekly, Aja Pecknold]
On music
“Silence isn't golden, it's deadly. It's a vacuum that fills up with ghosts.”
Source: Shadowfever
“Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.”
Source: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Silence, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).