Spoken words Quote by Ash Sweeney

The written word endures, the spoken word disappears

— Neil Postman

“Words in the air blow away as soon as you say them, but words on paper last forever”

— Vince Vawter

Writing comes into being to retain information across time and across space. Before writing, communication is evanescent and local; sounds carry a few yards…

— James Gleick

The spoken word vanished with the wind. Likewise, the unrecorded life disappears as if it never existed.

— Iris Chang

It seems inevitable that the magic of the written word will fade.

— Hugh Mackay

We are so used to releasing words, we don't know what to do with them if they stay. No matter how many times we…

— David Levithan

...the problem with words is that once spoken, they cannot find their way back to the speaker alone.

— Arturo Pérez-Reverte

The words that matter always stay.

— David Levithan

For when all else is done, only words remain. Words endure.

— Kate Mosse

While the spoken word can travel faster, you cant take it home in your hand. Only the written word can be absorbed wholly at…

— Kingman Brewster, Jr

The words that come out of our mouths do not vanish but are perpetually stored in infinite space, and they will come back to…

— Anonymous

Words can fall hard like a boulder loosed from a cliff. Words can drift unnoticed like a weed seed on a breeze. Words can…

— Shannon Hale