Single Word Quotes

140 quotes by 124 authors

Nothing ever begins. There is no first moment; no single word or place from which this or any other story springs. — Clive Barker
I sat with him for three hours and we did not exchange a single word. At the end he handed me, as he had done… — Eva Braun
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. — Winston Churchill
One should not utter a word about his own inadequacies. In the Oxo it says: 'When a man lets out a single word, the long… — Takeda Nobushige
Yes, I've made a great deal of dough from my fiction, but I never set a single word down on paper with the thought of… — Stephen King
The ultimate pitch for an era of short attention spans begins with a single word - and doesn't go any further. — Daniel H. Pink
The program of classical liberalism, condensed into a single word, would have to read: property. — Ludwig von Mises
Every single word you have spoken is sharp, sarcastic and twisted. When I thought you were abnormal you suddenly turned out to be normal. When… — Jae Hee
The truest communication with God is absolute, total silence; there is not a single word in existence that can convey this communication. — Bernadette Roberts
A single word often betrays a great design. — Jean Racine
If I had to pick a single word to describe what my pictures are all about, I would say 'secrets.' As a child I always… — Joyce Tenneson
I can't tell you what I had for breakfast, but I can sing every single word of rock and roll — Patty Duke
Seven minutes is all you get to make a positive first impression. In the first seven minutes of contact with your church, your first-time guests… — Nelson Searcy
I didn't have any desire I might have had 10 years ago to shoot every single word that I wrote. — Paul Thomas Anderson
My life, the most truthful one, is unrecognizable, extremely interior, and there is no single word that gives it meaning. — Clarice Lispector
I have learned and dismantled all the words in order to draw from them a single word: Home. — Mahmoud Darwish
Better than a meaningless story of a thousand words is a single word of deep meaning which, when heard, produces peace. — Gautama Buddha
My whole life, I never spoke a single-word. — Gautama Buddha
Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated… — Teresa of Avila
I spend eight months outlining and researching the novel before I begin to write a single word of the prose. — Jeffery Deaver

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