Best One Word Quotations

368 One Word quotes by 306 unique authors

When Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar was asked why there was so much animosity in her country towards the United States, she gave a… — Medea Benjamin
All good writing is built one good line at a time. You build a novel the same way you do a pyramid. One word, one… — Kate Braverman
If a life could have a theme song - and I believe every worthwhile one has - mine is a religion, an obsession, a mania… — Ayn Rand
Spread compassion all around you. Look around you - people are so unhappy, don't add to their unhappiness. Your compassion will lessen their unhappiness; just… — Rajneesh
I was aware that I was acting atrociously but I couldn't stop myself. Rarely had I behaved in such a manner. But I guess when… — Jonathan Ames
A good poem is a tautology. It expands one word by adding a number which clarify it, thus making a new word which has never… — Alasdair Gray
One word is too often profaned For me to profane it, One feeling too falsely disdained For thee to disdain it. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
A book unwritten is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and… — Robert Harris
I asked a thief to steal me a peach: He turned up his eyes. I asked a lithe lady to lie her down: Holy and… — William Blake
Babylon, Learned and wise, hath perished utterly, Nor leaves her speech one word to aid the sigh That would lament her. — William Wordsworth
Neither numbers nor powers nor wealth nor learning nor eloquence nor anything else will prevail, but purity, living the life, in one word, anubhuti, realisation.… — Swami Vivekananda
I want one word on my tombstone - dancer. — Agnes de Mille
Before I write down one word, I have to have the character in my mind through and through. I must penetrate into the last wrinkle… — Henrik Ibsen
One word characterizes the most strenuous of the efforts for the advancement of science that I have made perservereingly during fifty-five years; that word is… — Eric Hoffer
My first kiss can be summed up in one word - unsuccessful. — Huey Lewis
Sometimes, all it takes is one gesture, one word, to change the course of someone's life. Even if you know it won't last forever. — Jean-Claude Izzo
You never know when one act, or one word of encouragement can change a life forever. — Zig Ziglar
One word of God can do more than ten thousand words of men to relieve a distressed soul. — John Flavel
When a device as simple as a door has to come with an instruction manual—even a one-word manual—then it is a failure, poorly designed. — Donald A. Norman
One word from Chairman Mao is worth ten thousand from others. His every statement is truth. We must carry out those we that understand as… — Lin Biao
Every page was once a blank page, just as every word that appears on it now was not always there, but instead reflects the final… — Francine Prose
If eskimos can come up with fifty words for snow because its a matter of life and death, why do we have just one word… — Mike Gayle
If I could put one word on my journey over the last couple of years it would definitely be ‘turbulent’. — Unknown Author
The best way to keep relationships happy, healthy, and supportive can be summed up in one word: appreciation. What you appreciate, appreciates. When we demonstrate… — Marci Shimoff
We took a bus to the nearby monastery of one of the last great Tang dynasty Chan masters, Yun-men. Yun-men was known for his pithy… — Stephen Batchelor

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