Word Quotes

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The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids. — Billie Joe Armstrong
In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted to carry weapons,… — Karen Armstrong
When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its surface of fact,… — Antonin Artaud
I prefer the word 'homemaker' because 'housewife' always implies that there may be a wife someplace else. — Bella Abzug
A word after a word after a word is power. — Margaret Atwood
If I waited for perfection... I would never write a word. — Margaret Atwood
I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor against his powerless subjects. That's… — Chinua Achebe
India of the ages is not dead nor has she spoken her last creative word; she lives and has still something to do for herself… — Sri Aurobindo
I guess the toughest things in translations are word play, which can never be reproduced exactly. — Paul Auster
The reason is that till date, in spite of advances in information technology and strategies of information, the written word in the form of books… — Ibrahim Babangida
I'm a total Democrat. I'm anti-Republican. And it's only fair that you know it... I'm liberal. The L word! — Lauren Bacall
A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of. — Burt Bacharach
If there was one word on a motivation or world view, that one word would be 'liberty.' That's what inspires me and motivates me more… — Michele Bachmann
He that hath knowledge spareth his words. — Francis Bacon
Retire? I don't know what that word means. As long as a man is able to work and he's productive out there and he feels… — Red Adair
The reason I did fashion was it was the only way to get paid to do anything creative. You couldn't support yourself as an 'artist'… — David Bailey
According to God's word, everybody at some point is going to be given the opportunity to know the truth. — Stephen Baldwin
When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my minds eye something that is not literally there in the… — Ansel Adams
I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or… — J. G. Ballard
Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character. — Hosea Ballou

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