Believe Quote by Adrienne Rich

I believe that words can help us move or keep us paralysed, and that our choices of language and verbal tone have something -…

— Adrienne Rich

Language helps develp life as surely as it reflects life. It is a most important part of our human condition.

— Jane Yolen

I think words are the thing that either triumphs for you, in your desire to communicate something, or fails. I love language because when…

— Claudia Rankine

Words are one of our chief means of adjusting to all the situations of life. The better control we have over words, the more…

— Bergen Evans

Words are capable of making experience more vivid, and also of organizing it. They can scare us, and they can comfort us.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Words cause pain, they evoke anger, they make us hate, they lead us to war. But they also make us laugh, bring us joy,…

— Marlene Caroselli

There are multiple descriptions of the same real world situation. The only justification for language is to empower yourself. If the verbal description you…

— Moshe Feldenkrais

Words not only affect us temporarily; they change us, they socialize or unsocialize us.

— David Riesman

For me, words are a form of action, capable of influencing change.

— Ingrid Bengis

“Words have power. They can save, cure, uplift, devastate, deflate, and kill. And unconscious priming with words influences pro- and antisocial behaviors.”

— Robert M. Sapolsky

Words can enhance experience, but they can also take so much away. We see an insect and at once we abstract certain characteristics and…

— Jane Goodall

Words are everything to me. Words can build you up and feel so good. On the flip side, words can absolutely demolish you.

— Taylor Swift