English Word Quotes

15 English Word quotes by 14 unique authors

• Most of us would be upset if we were accused of being "silly." But the word "silly" comes from the old English word "selig," and… — Zig Ziglar
• The purpose of life is to be beautiful, to be bountiful, to be blissful, to be graceful and grateful. What a wonderful English word-grateful. If… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
• I believe our Heavenly Father’s everlasting purpose for His children is generally achieved by the small and simple things we do for one another. At… — M. Russell Ballard
• In the year 1090, there was founded in Persia the religious and military order of the Assassins, whose history is one of cruelty, barbarity, and… — Harry J. Anslinger
• The word coach comes from the old English word coach, which was a vehicle, a carriage that took royalty or very important people from where… — Timothy Gallwey
• An average English word is four letters and a half. By hard, honest labor I've dug all the large words out of my vocabulary and… — Mark Twain
• Of all the words in all languages I know, the greatest concentration is in the English word I. — Elias Canetti
• The english word thanks comes from the same root word as think. Maybe if leaders were more 'think-ful' about the contribution of others, they would… — John C. Maxwell
• Years later, I learned an English word for the creature that Assef was, a word for which a good Farsi equivalent does not exist: sociopath. — Khaled Hosseini
• I laughed. “You’re too young to be so … pessimistic,” I said, using the English word. “Pessi-what?” “Pessimistic. It means looking only at the dark… — Haruki Murakami
• Abligurition: an actual, if very obscure, English word, which means the spending of too much money on food. — John Green
• The most striking difference between little ones and grownups is that little ones cannot worry, and they cannot worry because they have no past and… — Maria von Trapp
• BAAL, n. An old deity formerly much worshiped under various names. As Baal he was popular with the Phoenicians; as Belus or Bel he had… — Ambrose Bierce
• 'Ouch' is not independent of social training. One has only to prick a foreigner to appreciate that it is an English word. — Willard Van Orman Quine

Who Wrote These English Word Quotes

14 authors contributed a total of 15 English Word Quotes as follows:

• 1 English Word Quote by Zig Ziglar
• 1 English Word Quote by Willard Van Orman Quine
• 1 English Word Quote by Timothy Gallwey
• 1 English Word Quote by Mark Twain
• 1 English Word Quote by Maria von Trapp
• 1 English Word Quote by M. Russell Ballard
• 1 English Word Quote by Khaled Hosseini
• 1 English Word Quote by John Green
• 1 English Word Quote by John C. Maxwell
• 1 English Word Quote by Haruki Murakami
• 1 English Word Quote by Harry J. Anslinger
• 1 English Word Quote by Harbhajan Singh Yogi
• 1 English Word Quote by Elias Canetti
• 1 English Word Quote by Ambrose Bierce