Word Meaning Quotes
15 quotes by 11 authors
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Kaohinani is a Hawaiian word meaning “gatherer of beautiful things.
— Rob Brezsny
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Every real nation is a people of a common blood and descended from the same ancestors. A nation - from the Latin word meaning to…
— Sam Francis
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No word meaning "art" occurs in Aivilik, nor does "artist": there are only people. Nor is any distinction made between utilitarian and decorative objects. The…
— Edmund Snow Carpenter
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For a large class of cases -- though not for all -- in which we employ the word ''meaning'' it can be defined thus: the…
— Ludwig Wittgenstein
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I'm a bachelor in the old sense of the word, meaning I flirt, I have very many close relationships, but then I come home and…
— William Ivey Long
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The Greek word pseudepigrapha is a Greek word meaning 'falsely superscribed,' or what we moderns might call writing under a pen name. The classification, 'OT…
— Craig A. Evans
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Vegetarian - that's an old Indian word meaning lousy hunter.
— Andy Rooney
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Ah, yes, divorce... from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet.
— Robin Williams
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All through autumn we hear a double voice: one says everything is ripe; the other says everything is dying. The paradox is exquisite. We feel…
— Gretel Ehrlich
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What do we mean by "knowledge" or "understanding"? And how do billions of neurons achieve them? These are complete mysteries. Admittedly, cognitive neuroscientists are still…
— Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
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Politics: Poli a Latin word meaning many and tics meaning bloodsucking creatures.
— Robin Williams
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Worship, from the Latin word meaning "worth-ship", is where we express God's worth to us in our lives.
— T.D. Jakes
Who Wrote These Word Meaning Quotes
11 authors contributed a total of 15 Word Meaning Quotes as follows: