Some of my reactions are very Nigerian. I still believe that words are things. — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
“Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.” — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
“The words to say to make someone leave, or stay, are incredibly unpredictable.” — Mr. Joshua Shaw Copy Share Image
In prayers it is better to have a heart without words than words without heart. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“i haf the sownd of more words butt i coud not remember the shaps of the letters.” — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
Words are such a poor medium when you really want someone to feel something. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Never make fun of someone is they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's a security, a validity of knowing that it's legal. It's hard to put into words. It's just a feeling, I guess… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
I've been called pushy and aggressive and all the negative words that are rarely applied to men with the same traits. But… — Frances Arnold Copy Share Image
My mother, with a Master's in English Literature, taught me to appreciate language and that words matter. — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share Image
Writing is more about imagination than anything else. I fell in love with words. I fell in love with storytelling. — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
Playing clubs is the ultimate - you see the faces; you hear the 'clicking' glasses - I love all that atmosphere and… — Vonda Shepard Copy Share Image
There are always two or more ways to say the same points. Choose the best one that addresses the solutions without glorifying… — Anuj Somany Copy Share Image
Words are small shapes in the gorgeous chaos of the world. ... they bring the world into focus, they corral ideas, they… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
“There are no shortcuts in life. The more you want to go higher and higher. The more you will fall down again… — Srinivart Copy Share Image
I have difficulties with contemporary language. Big difficulties. I counted, you know, something like 160 words have disappeared from the English language… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Most of my recognition comes from us winning that championship. The words may not come out - 'Super Bowl III' - because… — Joe Namath Copy Share Image
If you present your dog to a veterinarian with the instruction to put him to sleep, you would normally mean something very… — Raymond Moody Copy Share Image
I am a cutter, you see. Also a snipper, a slicer, a carver, a jabber. I am a very special case. I… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
Hello? Three words: Benicio Del Toro, which, incidentally, is Spanish for 'he wants me.' It is just ridiculous how hot he is.… — Caroline Rhea Copy Share Image
“There’s this word,” she continued, turning to study her fingers gripping the wheel. “Nothing like it exists in the English language. It’s… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“What traitors books can be! you think they're backing you up, and they turn on you. Others can use them, too, and… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I'm from the East Coast; I think about things dialectically sometimes - in other words, antagonistically. The rhythms that I think of… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
The whole beauty of music is that it goes where your words won't let you. — Anne Hathaway Copy Share Image
“For someone now dead once thought these words significant enough to write them down.” — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
The words, 'We need to talk.' makes my heart drop to my stomach in 2 seconds flat. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Choose your words carefully when angry …once they are spoken they can't be taken back. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The words you speak today could be the words you eat tomorrow. You better make them sweet! — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
“I don’t believe there has ever been a more terrible weapon in this world than the word they. ” — Cebo Campbell Copy Share Image
To liberate words means first to shatter their function as vehicles of idea, memory, hope, or regret. — Thomas Harrison Copy Share Image
We must ask ourselves how many times others would benefit more from our silence than from our words. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“If you want to be a leader of people, then you need to be a master of words.” — Robert T. Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
It frustrates me when my mind wanders and when I end up reading the same words again and again. — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
