Verbal Quotes

264 quotes by 233 authors

Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and nonverbal expression. — Rowan Atkinson
A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become. — Wystan Hugh Auden
A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects. — Wystan Hugh Auden
I have experienced jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse and violence from men, but I have also experienced jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse and violence from women, usually… — Julie Burchill
But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of… — Lascelles Abercrombie
There is more than a verbal tie between the words common, community, and communication.... Try the experiment of communicating, with fullness and accuracy, some experience… — John Dewey
I had to get back to work. NBC has me under contract. The baby and I only have a verbal agreement. — Tina Fey
Prayer is not a discourse. It is a form of life, the life with God. That is why it is not confined to the moment… — Jacques Ellul
The mathematical framework of quantum theory has passed countless successful tests and is now universally accepted as a consistent and accurate description of all atomic… — Fritjof Capra
Genuine blasphemy, genuine in spirit and not purely verbal, is the product of partial belief, and is as impossible to the complete atheist as to… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
All error, not merely verbal, is a strong way of stating that the current truth is incomplete. — Robert Louis Stevenson
The sciences do not try to explain, they hardly even try to interpret, they mainly make models. By a model is meant a mathematical construct… — John von Neumann
This truth may be handled either sinfully or profitably; sinfully as when it is treated on only to satisfy curiosity, and to keep up a… — Anthony Burgess
Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval. — Phil Donahue
Much more prevalent than physical fear is the fear of criticism, rejection, and verbal opposition. — Derek A. Cuthbert
I can't go on flying apart just for those who want the benefit of a few verbal kicks. My God, do you know what poems… — Theodore Roethke
Chimps are unbelievably like us - in biological, non-verbal ways. They can be loving and compassionate and yet they have a dark side... 98 per… — Jane Goodall
When I say or write something, there are actually a whole lot of different things I am communicating. The propositional content (i.e., the verbal information… — David Foster Wallace
Often when I write I am trying to make words do the work of line and color. I have the painter's sensitivity to light. Much… — Elizabeth Bowen
I believe that words can help us move or keep us paralysed, and that our choices of language and verbal tone have something - a… — Adrienne Rich

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