Best One Word Wisdom
368 One Word quotes by 306 unique authors
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Living is strife and torment, disappointment and love and sacrifice, golden sunsets and black storms. I said that some time ago, and today I do…
— Laurence Olivier
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One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice-president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'.
— Dan Quayle
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So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.
— Bertrand Russell
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If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say that it is in one word - prayer.…
— Charles Spurgeon
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Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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In one word, this ideal is that you are divine.
— Swami Vivekananda
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King's response to our crisis can be put in one word: revolution. A revolution in our priorities, a reevaluation of our values, a reinvigoration of…
— Cornel West
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The assurance of Heaven is never given to the person. And that's why at the core of the Christian faith is the grace of God.…
— Ravi Zacharias
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the one Word that rips apart the day...
— Thomas Pynchon
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I thought Marcus was going to be in my life forever. Then I thought I was wrong. Now he’s back. But this time I know…
— Megan McCafferty
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I believe that around us there is only one word on all sides, one immense word which reveals our solitude and extinguishes our radiance: Nothing!…
— Henri Barbusse
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The Fourteenth Book is entitled, "What can a Thoughtful Man Hope for Mankind on Earth, Given the Experience of the Past Million Years?" It doesn't…
— Kurt Vonnegut
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Your talk," I said, "is surely the handiwork of wisdom because not one word of it do I understand.
— Flann O'Brien
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The source of love is deep in us and we can help others realize a lot of happiness. One word, one action, one thought can…
— Nhat Hanh
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In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot.
— Czeslaw Milosz
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This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until its done. It's that easy,…
— Neil Gaiman
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The biggest defeat in every department of life is to forget, especially the things that have done you in, and to die without realizing how…
— Louis-Ferdinand Celine
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What is the good of words if they aren't important enough to quarrel over? Why do we choose one word more than another if there…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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We are all a volume on a shelf of a library, a story unto ourselves, never possibly described with one word or even very accurately…
— Deb Caletti
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When asked, "How do you write?" I invariably answer, "One word at a time," and the answer is invariably dismissed. But that is all it…
— Stephen King
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You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections…
— Jane Austen
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there is one word that can be the guide for your life- it is the word reciprocity.
— Pearl S. Buck
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If, as I suspect, my body survives by uttering itself over and over again, then I have some questions. If [I] am one word, so…
— Louise Erdrich
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Christianity does not want us to reduce by one atom the hatred we feel for cruelty and treachery. We ought to hate them. Not one…
— C.S. Lewis
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Nobleness was one word for making a fuss about the trivial inevitabilities of life, but there were others.
— Douglas Adams
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306 authors contributed a total of 368 One Word Quotes, led by these top contributors: