A Quote by Judith McNaught

It isn’t what you say that counts, it’s what you don’t say

Judith McNaught

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Judith McNaught
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Born: May 10, 1944

Everything you say on TV counts. You say it on record, with people watching you.

Stephanie Ruhle

What people will say about me then - or maybe not say - will be the only thing that finally counts.

Martin Kippenberger

What people will say about me then - or maybe not say - will be the only thing that finally counts

Martin Kippenberger

I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - that the success of your argument critically depends on your manner of presenting it.

Alain de Botton

If you travel to the States... they have a lot of different words than like what we use. For instance: they say 'elevator', we say 'lift'; they say 'drapes', we say 'curtains'; they say 'president', we say 'seriously deranged git.'

Alexei Sayle

Sometimes it's what you don't say that counts.

Paulo Coelho

Modern technology has taken the angst out of achieving the perfect shot. For me, the only thing that counts is the idea behind the image: what you want to see and what you're trying to say. The idea is crucial. You have to think of something you want to say and expand upon it.

Martin Parr

May we muster courage at the crossroads, courage for the conflicts, courage to say, "no," courage to say, "yes," for courage counts.

Thomas S. Monson

I say 20 words in English. I say money, money, money, and I say hot dog! I say yes, no and I say money, money, money and I say turkey sandwich and I say grape juice.

Carmen Miranda

It's what you do that counts and not what you say; therefore I fired my press agent.

W. C. Fields

The true writer has nothing to say. What counts is the way he says it.

Alain Robbe-Grillet

The most common thing that real reporters say to me is, "I wish I could say what you say." What I don't understand is, why can't they say what I say, even in their own way? Does that mean they want to be able to name certain bald contradictions or hypocrisies that politicians have?

Stephen Colbert

Aig [F.-M. Sir Douglas Haig] 'e don't say much; 'e don't, so to say, say nothin'; but what 'e don't say don't mean nothin', not 'arf. But when 'e do say something--my Gawd!