I just see myself as someone who has a bit of a way with words, basically. — Tim Minchin Copy Share Image
I have to use the word 'insurgent' because I can't think of a better word right now. — Peter Pace Copy Share Image
“The words that come out of your imagination are your own - just be sure they are.” — Rusty Blackwood Copy Share Image
Always having to have the last word is a bad trait. Pisses people off. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“accept the Word of Scripture and ponder it in your heart, as Mary did. That is all. That is meditation.” —Dietrich Bonhoeffer,… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
When I watch students make particular decisions about language, structure, and form, it sharpens my own thinking and my own development as… — Leni Zumas Copy Share Image
“Words were the most powerful tool. Simple and so often underestimated. They could heal. They could destroy." from Onyx” — Jennifer Armentrout Copy Share Image
“the rules of English grammar are largely an artificial construct with little or no bearing on the language as it is spoke.” — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
Science and technology contribute to the fast-expanding vocabularies of all living civilized tongues at a faster rate than all other fields of… — Mario Pei Copy Share Image
It is strange that sword and words have the same alphabets and even more strange that they have the same effect if… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
“All serious and good writing anticipates precisely this kind of reading-ruminative and leisurely, a dalliance with words in contrast to wolfing down… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
My position in football was cornerback, and what your job is as a cornerback is to read the person that's in front… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
“Words for everyday showers of prettiness, and the kind of misty loveliness that disappears whenever you try to grasp it. Beauty that’s… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
Some people manage their writing by saying, 'I need to get 2,000 words written today,' others by saying, 'I will write for… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
Conversation is the wall we build between ourselves and other people, too often with tired words like used and broken bottles which,… — Janet Frame Copy Share Image
The language 'It's too late' is very unsuitable for most environmental issues. It's too late for the dodo and for people who've… — Jeremy Grantham Copy Share Image
There are occasions when you can hear the mysterious language of the Earth, in water, or coming through the trees, emanating from… — John Hay Copy Share Image
“Clarity! Accuracy! Think of your words as a key to fit into the lock of your meaning. Cast them with precision. That… — Jane Borodale Copy Share Image
If you want to appeal to people of different languages and cultures, you have to move toward tropes that are universally recognized.… — Tim Parks Copy Share Image
The English Language Amendment says above all, 'Let's see to it that our children, our young people, learn English. Let us not… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image