A Quote by Julio Cortazar

Once in a while it happens that I vomit up a bunny... it's not reason for one to blush and isolate oneself and to walk around keeping one's mouth shut.

Julio Cortazar

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Julio Cortazar
Argentinian - Novelist
August 26, 1914 - February 12, 1984

My mother, who grew up in Pennsylvania, literally washed my mouth out with soap once for saying, 'Shut up!' to my sister. She would have washed my mouth out with gasoline if she knew how foul my mouth was racially when she wasn't around.

John Piper

I learned that when something just has to be said to move the discussion along, or broaden it or deepen it, if I can just keep my mouth shut for five minutes a student will say it. So for me a lot of teaching is about keeping my mouth shut.

Greil Marcus

I said shut up once already, with my mouth.

Daniel Woodrell

There's a blush for won't, and a blush for shan't, and a blush for having done it: There's a blush for thought and a blush for naught, and a blush for just begun it.

John Keats

I won this award for keeping my mouth shut, so I think I'll do it again now.

Jane Wyman

Then they held my mouth shut for a while and hit me in the face, and with a whip across chest and back. I then collapsed, rolled on the floor, always keeping face down and no longer replied to any of their questions.

Ernst Thalmann

I'm running my mouth a lot and I'm looking for a guy to shut me up. If you don't shut me up, I'm going to keep running my mouth.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

I learned a lot about humility and patience, keeping my mouth shut.

Madonna Ciccone

In some cases is keeping your mouth shut the best answer.

Dalai Lama

But once in a while the odd thing happens Once in a while the dream comes true And the whole pattern of life is altered Once in a while, the moon turns blue

W. H. Auden

Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.

Patrick Rothfuss

I have a problem keeping my mouth shut. I usually speak my mind. I'm trying to learn my lesson.

Christina Hendricks

There's nothing wrong with keeping your mouth shut if you don't have anything nice to say.

Jennifer Weiner

[NFL fans] wish they'd shut up and play football, and I think the vast majority of people, "Shut up and act! Shut up and sing! Shut up and star in your TV show! Just shut up and do what you do, but shut up!" I think they're wearing out their welcome.