Word Quotes

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On the field of battle, the spoken word does not carry far enough; hence the institution of gongs and drums... banners and flags. Gongs and… — Sun Tzu
A prince... must learn from the fox and the lion... One must be a fox in order to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten… — Niccolo Machiavelli
If they embark on this course the difference between the old and the new education will be an important one. Where the old initiated, the… — C.S. Lewis
With respect to the creation of the program, I introduced the bill in September 1945, immediately after the end of the war with Japan, in… — J. William Fulbright
we cannot afford to settle for being just average; we must learn as much as we can to be the best that we can. The… — Bill Cosby
The only chance for victory over the brainwash is the right of every man to have his ideas judged one at a time. You never… — Ezra Pound
To the man-in-the-street, who, I'm sorry to say, is a keen observer of life. The word Intellectual suggests straight away. A man who's untrue to… — Wystan Hugh Auden
I saw for the first time the earth's shape. I could easily see the shores of continents, islands, great rivers, folds of the terrain, large… — Yuri Gagarin
Every now and then, I'll meet an escapee, someone who has broken free of self-centeredness and lit out for the territory of compassion. You've met… — Marc Ian Barasch
Every virtue is a form of obedience to God. Every evil word or act is a form of rebellion against Him. This may not be… — Stephen Neill
To me, the big thing in being a successful team is repetition of what you're doing, either by word of mouth, blackboard, or specifically by… — Vince Lombardi
If he gimme the word then I'm flippin the bird & then I'm spinnin around & I'm grippin the burn — Nicki Minaj
Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you; until you have cultivated the habit of saying some… — Napoleon Hill
No printed word, nor spoken plea can teach young minds what they should be. Not all the books on all the shelves - but what… — Rudyard Kipling
Society is held together by our need; we bind it together with legend, myth, coercion, fearing that without it we will be hurled into that… — James A. Baldwin
Architecture is the triumph of human imagination over materials, methods, and men, to put man into possession of his own Earth. It is at least… — Frank Lloyd Wright
There is a newly coined word in the English language for the moment when the person we're with whips out their BlackBerry or answers that… — Daniel Goleman
Tao is beyond words and beyond things. It is not expressed either in word or in silence. Where there is no longer word or silence… — Zhuangzi
The word 'listen' contains the same letters as the word 'silent.' — Alfred Brendel
A word is elegy to what it signifies. — Robert Hass
Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled. — Horace
It is as important to cultivate your silence power as your word power. — William James
Sin has always been an ugly word, but it has been made so in a new sense over the last half-century. It has been made… — Phyllis McGinley
At this unprecedented juncture in our history I have a word for you. Do not be disheartened by our temporary defeat ; be cheerful and… — Subhas Chandra Bose
I never lost my belief, in the midst of setbacks which were not spared me during my period of struggle. Providence has had the last… — Adolf Hitler

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