“And there was never a better time to delve for pleasure in language than the sixteenth century, when novelty blew through English… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Actions speak louder than words. There is a big difference between what people say and what they do. People might tell you… — Alexander Osterwalder Copy Share Image
Out of the sky, the birds, the parrots, the bells, silk, cloth, and drums, out of Sundays dancing, children's words and love… — Aime Cesaire Copy Share Image
You remember France, it's the country that financed the American Revolution... OK, it was in their self-interest, but still, they made it… — Richard Belzer Copy Share Image
“There would be another, less formal tribute to the best of the 1972 series: the name [Phil] Esposito eventually found its way… — Stephen Cole Copy Share Image
“And we're such language-based creatures that to some extent we cannot know what we cannot name. And so we assume it isn't… — John Green Copy Share Image
Handwritten political posters - often composed in an artless and unadorned style, usually just words on plain white paper - were ubiquitous… — Kim Young-ha Copy Share Image
Obviously, people give me their opinions of Dwane Casey and everything has been nothing but positive words about him - just the… — Andre Drummond Copy Share Image
Grown-ups and children are not readily encouraged to unearth the power of words. Adults are repeatedly assured a picture is worth a… — Inga Muscio Copy Share Image
“Miri took genuine comfort in studying Mathematics that day. She could sort numbers into two simple ideas: true and not true. Unlike… — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
“But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps… — George Gordon Byron Copy Share Image
“Her love of words is a private passion - one she would rather not share. In the house of her childhood though… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the fear - which is something you have to… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
Jean-Luc didn't like me to say any bad words in real life, and I would always do it on purpose, just for… — Anna Karina Copy Share Image
“• Dan: I love you. • Alice: Where? • Dan: What? • Alice: Show me. Where is this 'love'? I can't see… — Patrick Marber Copy Share Image
Writing a screenplay needs to be more than words on a page - and by the way, I think the words on… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
“ Mÿnna tachton gernast spuho somen gelen Emÿna daÿda" [modern: Minä tahdon kernaasti puhua suomen kieltä, [mutta] en minä taida] ("I willingly… — Christine Wulff Copy Share Image
“Fuck,” said Bernie. “Fuckwinky eyeballhead.” “No, Bernie. We don’t use those words.” “Which words?” “You know which words.” “You used them, Daddy.”… — Sam Lipsyte Copy Share Image
“I believe there are times when words can do a situation justice. If anything, trying to put the hurt into words is… — Chelsea Landon Copy Share Image
It takes about four days of virtuous living to create a little weight loss. That also happens to be the time required… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
“It wasn't supposed to. It was just supposed to stop you from hurting yourself.” “It helps—” “No it doesn't. It just pushes… — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
The words we use have weight. Whether it's in a conversation with a friend or something said publicly on stage or broadcast.… — Hari Kondabolu Copy Share Image
If we practice hard enough, we can become thoroughly interested in even the simplest things of daily life, the way a child… — John Dickerson Copy Share Image
I hope you never hear those words. Your mom. She died. They are different than other words. They are too big to… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
And that format was - we'd been using that format, I guess, since the late '70s, and it was starting to get… — Phil Lesh Copy Share Image
The poet, being an imitator like a painter or any other artist, must of necessity imitate one of three objects - things… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I think hip-hop is no more misogynistic than America is as a society. I just think hip-hop is a lot more brash,… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
Here is the full list of the banned words I used: active homosexual; career women; Third World; blacks; Asians; Australasia; Bangalore; primitive… — Rod Liddle Copy Share Image
I think one of the great problems we have in the Republican Party is that we don't encourage you to be nasty.… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
When I was director of the CIA, I knew that we had been - and I'm choosing my words very carefully here… — Michael Hayden Copy Share Image
“Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul.… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Evan Connell said once that he knew he was finished with a short story when he found himself going through it and… — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
“Words are like nets - we hope they'll cover what we mean, but we know they can't possibly hold that much joy,… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
When I'm writing a novel or doing other serious writing work, I do it on a schedule that dictates writing either 2,000… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
When we moved to England in 1986, I was ten years old and I didn't know anything about punk or hip hop.… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
Terrorist groups and their extremist state sponsors cannot be fought with kid gloves and flowery words of persuasion. As the U.S. has… — Ehud Olmert Copy Share Image
I am a simple man who comes from a village, and villagers like us speak our mind. Now, in the process, if… — Arijit Singh Copy Share Image
I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat. I go with the… — Nas Copy Share Image
Big Rube was on my first album and some of my mixtapes. His words are so powerful. I want to speak every… — Nayvadius Cash Copy Share Image
“If a man is only as good as his word, then I want to marry a man with a vocabulary like yours.… — Mindy Nettifee Copy Share Image