--- title: "9 Look Words Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Look Words quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Look Words sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e7/ben-jonson-1371_language_weigh-the-meaning-and-look-not-at-the-wo_857502.png" --- > [Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-jonson/weigh-the-meaning-and-look-not-at-the-words/) [Ben Jonson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-jonson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e7/ben-jonson-1371_language_weigh-the-meaning-and-look-not-at-the-wo_857502.png) > [The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-thing-about-words-is-that-meanings-can-twist-just-like-a-snake/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/terry-pratchett-19_behinds_the-thing-about-words-is-that-meanings-c_642079.jpg) > [I look for the words, Professor. I look for the words because I believe that the words is the way to your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/i-look-for-the-words-professor-i-look-for-the-words-because-i-believe/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1f/cormac-mccarthy-181_believe_i-look-for-the-words-professor-i-look-fo_314457.jpg) > [“I look at words as if they were entities, sacred beings. There are words to which I tip my hat when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-luce/i-look-at-words-as-if-they-were-entities-sacred-beings-there-are/) [William Luce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-luce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/580/william-luce-101353_language_i-look-at-words-as-if-they-were-entities_1590636.jpg) > [I work real hard so the reader doesn't have to. I don't want them to have to look up words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-evanovich/i-work-real-hard-so-the-reader-doesn-t-have-to-i-don-t-want-them-to/) [Janet Evanovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-evanovich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c3/janet-evanovich-291_books_i-work-real-hard-so-the-reader-doesn-t-h_1910673.png) > [“Only the educated stop to look for words - having enough to occasionally misplace them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-b-miller/only-the-educated-stop-to-look-for-words-having-enough-to/) [Derek B. Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-b-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/282/derek-b-miller-32049_language_only-the-educated-stop-to-look-for-words_945550.jpg) > [I discover what I mean as I write. That can be both terrifically exciting and very dangerous, because when you look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-shaffer/i-discover-what-i-mean-as-i-write-that-can-be-both-terrifically/) [Peter Shaffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-shaffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a35/peter-shaffer-8949_am_i-discover-what-i-mean-as-i-write-that-c_1880259.jpg) > [“Yes, if you believed in words, if you lived by words, you had better be careful which words you say and how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-godwin/yes-if-you-believed-in-words-if-you-lived-by-words-you-had-better-be/) [Gail Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-godwin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a5/gail-godwin-13566_louder_yes-if-you-believed-in-words-if-you-live_753111.jpg) > [For me, the eye and the word go together. Even when I was working in word documents, I was always obsessed with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-tupitsyn/for-me-the-eye-and-the-word-go-together-even-when-i-was-working-in/) [Masha Tupitsyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-tupitsyn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d4/masha-tupitsyn-22998_documents_for-me-the-eye-and-the-word-go-together_716213.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/look-words/#itemlist", "name": "Look Words Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ben Jonson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-jonson/weigh-the-meaning-and-look-not-at-the-words/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e7/ben-jonson-1371_language_weigh-the-meaning-and-look-not-at-the-wo_857502.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e7/ben-jonson-1371_language_weigh-the-meaning-and-look-not-at-the-wo_857502.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e7/ben-jonson-1371_language_weigh-the-meaning-and-look-not-at-the-wo_857502.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.” — Ben Jonson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Pratchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-thing-about-words-is-that-meanings-can-twist-just-like-a-snake/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/terry-pratchett-19_behinds_the-thing-about-words-is-that-meanings-c_642079.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/terry-pratchett-19_behinds_the-thing-about-words-is-that-meanings-c_642079.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/terry-pratchett-19_behinds_the-thing-about-words-is-that-meanings-c_642079.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for…” — Terry Pratchett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I look for the words, Professor. 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