{"quotes":[{"text":"There is an easy way to silence your critics; just try to do what they say you can't do. If they are still not content, do more of it! Keep doing it until you become a master. Then look around, and you will see fewer critics and many compliments!","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["achieve","again","around","compliments","congratulations","content","critic","criticise","criticize","critics","do-it","easy","endurance","endure","few","fewer","food-for-thought","hibernate","israelmore-ayivor","little","look","look-around","master","more","much","opponents","oppose","opposition","perseverance","persevere","persist","persistence","persistent","praise","quiet","shut-down","shut-up","silence","silent","small","success","try","try-again","watch-and-pray","win","winner"],"id":24287,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"If talk is cheap, then being silent is expensive. And many people it seems, can't afford to buy into it.","author":"Anthony Liccione","tags":["bigmouthed","blabbermouthed","blabby","buy-into","chatter","cheap","criticize","don-t-speak","expensive","foot-in-mouth","gossip","loquacious","preach","quiet","rambling","shut-up","silent","talk-down","talkative","tongue-in-cheek","verbose"],"id":45138,"author_id":"Anthony+Liccione"},{"text":"Don’t worry about getting credit, do the work anyway.","author":"Richie Norton","tags":["anyway","credit","shut-up","validation","work"],"id":88636,"author_id":"Richie+Norton"},{"text":"The duty of the one who wants to be silent is to be silent, period! Give little thought to the cacophony of the masses when silence is the best option and silence will speak for itself.","author":"Ernest Agyemang Yeboah","tags":["action","actions-over-words","attitude","cacophony","don-t-talk-too-much","let-silence-speak","reasons-to-be-silent","shut-up","silence","silence-can-speak","staying-calm","staying-focused","thought","words-and-silence"],"id":90657,"author_id":"Ernest+Agyemang+Yeboah"},{"text":"One day you wake up and realize the world can be conquered... I'm going to put a mask on and scrawl my name across the face of the world, build cities of gold, come back and stomp this place flat, until even the bricks are just dust. So you can just shut up. All of you. I'm going to move the world.","author":"Austin Grossman","tags":["anger","masks","shut-up","supervillains","world-domination"],"id":112219,"author_id":"Austin+Grossman"},{"text":"People need to learn the art of making an argument. Often there is no right or wrong. It's just your opinion vs someone else's opinion. How you deliver that opinion could make the difference between opening a mind, changing an opinion or shutting the door. Sometimes folk just don't know when they've 'argued' enough. Learn when to shut up.","author":"J'son M. Lee","tags":["advice","advice-for-daily-living","arguments","debate","shut-up"],"id":131654,"author_id":"J%27son+M.+Lee"},{"text":"Cockiness is a display of an empty lifestyle, humility is when you see yourself as a zero while others are making you their hero.","author":"Michael Bassey Johnson","tags":["activity","arrogance","attitude","calmness","cockiness","condescend","display","empty","greatness","hero","humble","humility","lifestyle","pride","quiet","show-off","shut-up","yourself","zero"],"id":137920,"author_id":"Michael+Bassey+Johnson"},{"text":"An introvert talks more than an extrovert because when the mouth is closed, the mind is opened.","author":"Michael Bassey Johnson","tags":["blathering","close","communication","extrovert","gesture","gestures","gossip","introvert","mind","mouth","open","shut","shut-up","talkative","talking","thinking","thought","thoughts","utterance","wide"],"id":152036,"author_id":"Michael+Bassey+Johnson"},{"text":"Don't look shy if you wear rag and people gag, many are in the grave wearing skeleton, and you should even be happier for wearing a skin without clothes.","author":"Michael Bassey Johnson","tags":["alive","apparel","appearance","be-happy","cheerfulness","clothe","complain","complaining","death","disgrace","encouragement","gag","happiness","looks","michael-bassey-johnson","never-give-up","satisfaction","self-awareness","self-image","shut-up","skeleton","skin","spooky","taunt"],"id":181804,"author_id":"Michael+Bassey+Johnson"},{"text":"A man should never miss an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.","author":"David Eddings","tags":["humour","mouth","secret","shut-up","silence"],"id":189928,"author_id":"David+Eddings"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":25,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}