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61 Right Word quotes by 49 unique authors

Apple has some tremendous assets, but I believe without some attention, the company could, could, could - I'm searching for the right word - could,… — Steve Jobs
I don't know if proud is the right word, but I am somebody who does not, on the whole, have the highest regard for my… — Neil Gaiman
He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always… — Joseph Conrad
When I go to bed at night, I ask God to give me another day; I ask him to keep me strong and make me… — Richard Simmons
I think you can get to a point where nihilism, if that's the right word, is overwhelming, and the basic laws that society has set… — Bruce Springsteen
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. — Mark Twain
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. — Mark Twain
Both my parents had heavy accents, and so did everybody they knew. It's a rhythm thing - people who speak English where they have to… — Christopher Walken
And there was that poor sucker Flaubert rolling around on his floor for three days looking for the right word. — Dorothy Parker
Life's splendor forever lies in wait about each one of us in all its fullness, but veiled from view, deep down, invisible, far off. It… — Franz Kafka
Now I found it in writing sentences. You can write that sentence in a way that you would have written it last year. Or you… — Joseph Campbell
I do not choose the right word, I get rid of the wrong one. — A. E. Housman
Use the right word, not its second cousin. — Mark Twain
To get the right word in the right place is a rare achievement. To condense the diffused light of a page of thought into the… — Mark Twain
Everything gets horrible. Everything you see gets ugly. Lurid is the word. Doctor Garton said lurid, one time. That's the right word for it. And… — David Foster Wallace
Cecil flashed a grin. "Quite. Plus your rather irritating habit of treating your superior officers as your, ah..." Cecil paused, apparently groping again for just… — Lois McMaster Bujold
Look! You got sparklies like akri. He gives all of his to me. He say I look beautiful in sparklies, ‘specially them red ones that… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I’m not good at talking,” Naoko said. “Haven’t been for the longest while. I start to say something and the wrong words come out. Wrong… — Haruki Murakami
Be proud of your mistakes. Well, proud may not be exactly the right word, but respect them, treasure them, be kind to them, learn from… — Neil Gaiman
Be honest, how hideous do I look?" He took another step back and pursed his lips. "That bad, huh?" I muttered. No, no Bella. Actually.… — Stephenie Meyer
Though there was no sound, there was a change. The atmosphere, which had gone tense at my accusation, relaxed. I wondered how I knew this.… — Stephenie Meyer
As for those whose role it is to love us - I mean, relatives and in-laws (what a word)- It's a different tune. They find… — Albert Camus
Whoever said men hit harder when women are around, is right. Word for word, we beat the love out of each other. — Yusef Komunyakaa
But that was just it - hate was exactly the right word. Hate is a force of attraction. Hate is just love with its back… — Terry Pratchett
Magic, if that was the right word, often rises and falls on your own belief in your abilities. I've seen very powerful people completely crippled… — Laurell K. Hamilton

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