Asking Quote by Andrew Bird

At a certain point, what people mean when they use a word becomes its meaning.

— William Safire

I believe words mean something. I really do.

— John Dorsey

Some people say things they think you want to hear, and some people say the things they are actually thinking.

— Tyron Woodley

I have a very inquisitive mind, and I like to know. Like, if somebody uses a term and I don't understand, I always look…

— Andrew Scheer

When I need to know the meaning of a word, I look it up in a dictionary.

— William Safire

Sometimes people say things and don't really know what they mean by what they're saying. Subconsciously, it might mean something different.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

“A comment that starts with the words "I think" usually means the opposite.”

— Jack Gardner

“Why do humans use words that don’t mean what they actually mean?”

— Arabella Sveinsdottir

“When I say something, I mean what I say, despite what a dictionary says I mean. Meanings of words are slaves that I put…

— Jarod Kintz

When anyone says they often think something, it means they've just thought of it now.

— Michael Frayn

Words are such uncertain things, they so often sound well but mean the opposite of what one thinks they do.

— Agatha Christie

“What are words if you really don't mean them when you say them?”

— Chris Medina