Words Quotes · Page 104

“Words were not the enemy or the monster under my bed, but they held such power over me.”

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

Words of the jargon sound as if they said something higher than what they mean.

— Theodor Adorno

Words should be employed as the means, not the end; language is the instrument, conviction is the work.

— Joshua Reynolds

Our words have power. They impact others, but they also impact us.

— Michael Hyatt

Words themselves were the ultimate barrier to revelation.

— Frank Herbert

You can say you love, words are cheap! When trouble comes around, you leave

— Naresha

We got rid of Muammar Gaddafi. I never thought I would be able to write these words.

— Hisham Matar

Ideas can change the world. Your words can change the world never let anybody tell you that they can't.

— Jeremy Limn

“...today people use as many words as they can and think themselves very wise for doing so. For always remember that while…

— Norton Juster

We only said goodbye with words, I died a hundred times. You go back to her and I go back to... I…

— Amy Winehouse

“My words aren't only words. They're pictures and tears and imperfect offerings of love and self-inflicted shots to my brain.”

— Miriam Toews

The honor I feel today being inducted into the Hall of Fame is beyond what words can describe. My thanks to the…

— Hank Stram

“I have learned that while I can apply any number of words in my attempt to ‘describe’ God, I simply cannot ‘define’…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

Each word can be transformed into a song, a song is to create an action. An action has a consequence and gain.

— Adrian Evans

“So the earth is shaking Here the word's faking As there's no time for lies. Kiss and dance all nights! In no…

— Ana Claudia Antunes

“But I don't think we shall quarrel about a word - the subject of our inquiry is too important for that.”

— Plato

I firmly believe in the old adage 'Actions speak louder than words.' This means proactively seeking women for roles within boards, identifying…

— Mindy Grossman

I like to write about painting because I think visually. I see my writing as blocks of color before it forms itself.…

— A. S. Byatt

“Cigarettes and Whiskey and Wild, Wild Women" Perhaps I was born kneeling, born coughing on the long winter, born expecting the kiss…

— Anne Sexton

The pundits in England want to score, they want to show they are worth the money, and for that Manchester United is…

— Erik ten Hag

Today we are going to talk about words. You know, words are containers for power. They carry creative or destructive power. They…

— Joyce Meyer

I kind of always struggled writing in Malay, because Malay is such a beautiful language. And it gets really hard, you know,…

— Yuna

It's depressing that ambition and feminism have become almost dirty words for working women. But, there is no reason that they should…

— Karren Brady

“V.S. Pritchett's definition of a short story is 'something glimpsed from the corner of the eye, in passing.' Notice the 'glimpse' part…

— Raymond Carver

“You don't have to say I love you to say I love you.”

— Jodi Picoult

True words are not pleasing. Pleasing words are not true.

— Laozi

I like stories, and I really like words. So I like stories that rely on dialogue.

— Tim Minchin

“What good do your words do if they can't understand you? [—Erykah Badu]”

— Joel McIver

I don't like the lip-syncing-type videos. I like for people to listen to the words and see the visual.

— Scarface

Words can only have an effect on you if you choose to listen to them.

— Bernajoy Vaal

Talk is cheap, anybody can afford it, but not too many can spend it.

— Anonymous

Words are like untying a corset - you can move into this great space with them.

— Ali Smith

“that's what I wanted: words made of that: language / that could bend light.”

— Jan Zwicky

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

— Charles Simic

Be careful of the words you speak. It may be just words but sometimes it also hurts.

— Mhaj Porras

Words are probes. Some reach very deep, some only to a little depth.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

You don't have to love in words, because even through the silences love is always heard.

— Anonymous

I don't think you can put into words the feelings you get playing week in and week out.

— Jack Wilshere

The way I write, words can means lots of different things.

— Beth Orton

One should not hurt others even by words. One must not speak an unpleasant truth unnecessarily.

— Sarada Devi