Big Words Quotes

37 Big Words quotes by 34 unique authors

I write from my knowledge not my lack, from my strength not my weakness. I am not interested if anyone knows whether or not I… — Lucille Clifton
I hate anything that occupies more space than it is worth... I hate to see a parcel of big words without anything in them. — William Hazlitt
Big words seldom accompany good deeds. — Charlotte Whitton
I'm not really one for fancy, big words and poetry, and the scriptwriters worked very hard on 'Paradise Lost' to translate it. — Callan McAuliffe
There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, And proud men… — Sophocles
Don't use big words. They mean so little. — Oscar Wilde
In China there was once a man who liked pictures of dragons, and his clothing and furnishings were all designed accordingly. His deep affection for… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Remember the mind is your best muscle...BIG ARMS can move rocks, but BIG WORDS can move mountains... Ride the brain train for success.... — Sylvester Stallone
I suppose the thing I most would have liked to have known or been reassured about is that in the world, what counts more than… — Stephen Fry
Studies show that the more often families eat together, the less likely kids are to smoke, drink, do drugs, get depressed, develop eating disorders and… — Nancy Gibbs
They think so small, they use small words. But not me, I'm smarter than that, I've worked it out. I'm stretching my mouth to let… — Peter Gabriel
Philosophy is common sense with big words. — James Madison
I'm mainstream, and I have pretty chart-tastic tastes. I don't often veer away from a big melodic song with big words for big stadiums. — Robbie Williams
I fear those big words, Stephen said, which make us so unhappy. — James Joyce
People laugh at me because I use big words. But if you have big ideas, you have to use big words to express them, haven't… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don’t know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right.… — Ernest Hemingway
Don't, Sir, accustom yourself to use big words for little matters. — Samuel Johnson
Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? — Ernest Hemingway
He read a lot. He used a lot of big words. I think maybe part of what got him into trouble was that he did… — Jon Krakauer
My mom says I'm destined to be the sort of man who uses big words but pronounces them incorrectly. — Karen Russell
It’s a fun playtime. Please, don’t kill it with big words. — Chuck Palahniuk
I will use big words from time to time, the meanings of which I may only vaguely perceive, in hopes such cupidity will send you… — Harlan Ellison
I snatched the paper away from Dopey. "Hey," he yelled. "I was reading that!" "Let somebody who can pronounce all the big words have a… — Meg Cabot
[Mouse is] with us. The dog is a handicap-assist animal." The kid lifted his eyebrows. "My mouth is partially paralyzed," I said. "It makes it… — Jim Butcher
We use such big words to move nowhere. — Charles Bukowski

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