Dew Quote by Anonymous

“Words are things. A small drip of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps even millions.”

— Bryon

“But words are things, and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions think.”…

— Richard S. Hartmetz

In its use of words poetry is just the reverse of science. Very definite thoughts do occur, but not because the words are so…

— David Daiches

Possible ideas and thoughts are vast in number. A distinct word for every distinct idea and thought would require a vast vocabulary. The problem…

— John Wesley Powell

We think because we have words, not the other way around. The more words we have, the better able we are to think conceptually.

— Madeleine L'Engle

Normally, people believe that, if they hear just words, that these words must lead to some thought.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

We think not in words but in shadows of words.

— Vladimir Nabokov

Thought is not merely expressed in words, it comes into existence through them

— Lev S. Vygotsky

not all thoughts have to become words!

— Eric Jerome Dickey

It takes a long time for words to become thought.

— May Sarton

“It has been said that, 'A drop of ink can make a thousand people think'. But, one 'think' can make a thousand drops of…

— Garry Fitchett

Thought is impossible without words.

— John Dewey