How fast the ears learned to tell what sounds meant, much faster than it took the eyes to decipher written words. — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
I have a couple of thousand books in my personal library. Choosing a favorite is next to impossible. But I do love… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
All my big heroes are literary, writers. I'd love to meet Jimmy Hendrix or John Coltrane, but I'd much rather meet Thomas… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Frankly, I get much more sensitive about what's written about me than how I look in a photo. I'm so used to… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
The Bible is the written word of God, and because it is written it is confined and limited by the necessities of… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Honesty of thought and speech and written word is a jewel, and they who curb prejudice and seek honorably to know and… — John Galsworthy Copy Share Image
I definitely believe in the energy of the set and the energy of the actor, way more than your written word. — Mike Mills Copy Share Image
The fixation of the theater in one language--written words, music, lights, noises--betokens its imminent ruin. — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given… — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
God was there when it happened. We were not there.... Therefore, we are completely limited to what God has seen fit to… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Things spoken can be forgotten and forgiven, but the written word has the power to change the course of history, to alter… — Teresa Mummert Copy Share Image
I think, over the last couple of years, the written word has made a comeback on the Internet. For example, I'm seeing… — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
In the speech sound wave, one word runs into the next seamlessly; there are no little silences between spoken words the way… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
The one thing that I always got positive reinforcement for from teachers, who really changed my life, was the written word. — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
The words and lives of Christian men must be in continual process of reformation by the written Word of their God. This… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
So no one should rely on television either for their knowledge of music or for news. There's just more going on. It's… — Kurt Loder Copy Share Image
The written word may be man's greatest invention. It allows us to converse with the dead, the absent, and the unborn. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Every spoken word double-crosses us. The only tolerable form of communication is the written word, since it isn't a stone in a… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
But I also believe there is enormous value in the piece of writing that goes no further than the one person for… — Betsy Lerner Copy Share Image
