Word Quotes

9067 Word quotes by 4674 unique authors

Obamas finest speeches do not excite. They do not inform. They dont even really inspire. They elevate. . . . He is not the Word… — Ezra Klein
Self-confidence is not pride. Just the contrary: only a person or a nation that is self-confident, in the best sense of the word, is capable… — Vaclav Havel
What concerns me now is that my life be a beautiful, powerful, in a word, a complete life of its kind. — Margaret Fuller
Science fiction is a field of writing where, month after month, every printed word implies to hundreds of thousands of people: 'There is change. Look,… — A. E. van Vogt
The history of books shows the humblest origin of some of the most valued, wrought as these were out of obscure materials by persons whose… — Amos Bronson Alcott
The best evidence of the Bible's being the word of God is to be found between its covers. It proves itself. — Charles Hodge
There is no way that you can read the entire Bible seriously and take every word literally. Contradictions start in the first chapter of Genesis.… — Madeleine L'Engle
Remember the root word of humble and human is the same: humus: earth. We are dust. We are created; it is God who made us… — Madeleine L'Engle
I got well by talking. Death could not get a word in edgewise, grew discouraged, and traveled on. — Louise Erdrich
In the beginning was the word, and it was spoken. — N. Scott Momaday
Lawyers on TV always tell their clients not to say anything. The cops say that thing: 'Anything you say will be used against you.' Self-incrimination.… — Laurie Halse Anderson
Integration is a word of the past, the word of the future and the word of the present is contribution. — Tariq Ramadan
Absolutely. If a Muslim who has-who is-a practicing Muslim who believes the word of the Koran to be the word of Allah, who abides by… — Brigitte Gabriel
It's easier to love a woman when you can't understand a word she's saying. — Ann Patchett
I probably have a 20,000-word vocabulary. I'll match my wits with anyone on literature, science and the arts. — Mike Tyson
If I had to sum up my practical skills, I would use one word: survival. And operating a hedge fund utilized my training in survival… — George Soros
I am glad that I am not raising kids today. And I’m rather pessimistic that my grandchildren will enjoy the great society that I’ve enjoyed… — Antonin Scalia
One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word 'impossible. — Napoleon Hill
YOUR WORD IS YOUR WAND. THE WORDS YOU SPEAK CREATE YOUR OWN DESTINY — Florence Scovel Shinn
Man's word is his wand filled with magic and power! Man comes into the world financed by God, with all that he desires or requires already… — Florence Scovel Shinn
Let's put it this way: if you are a novelist, I think you start out with a 20 word idea, and you work at it… — Eric Carle
I'm often wary of using the word 'inspiration' to introduce my work -- it sounds too much like a sun shower from the heavens, absorbed… — Shaun Tan
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
Keep God's covenant in your trials; hold you by His blessed word, and sin not; flee anger, wrath, grudging, envying, fretting; forgive a hundred pence… — Samuel Rutherford

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