Don’t Speak Unless You Have Something To Say

Quoting Disraeli’s advice to a new member of Parliament, “It is better to remain silent and have people say, ‘I wonder what he’s thing,’ than to speak up and have people say, ‘I wonder why he spoke.’”

Or to remember David Byrne, Say something once, why say it again?  I have always been reluctant to speak up in most situations.  But then there are places like camp, where I feel so comfortable speaking up, and often, in a comedically gruff way.  Today’s rap a good example. 

“I’m an older white man and a Jew to boot,

But they put me in rap so I better get to it.

I don’t think this music really has a point,

So I’d rather study Torah and smoke a joint.”

Done, I might say, with some swagger and attitude.  If you’re going to say something - make it worth listening to (and thinking about).  Don’t talk to be heard, talk to be listened to.