Words Quotes

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A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words. — Ansel Adams
A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity. — Honore de Balzac
When you work in a different language you are not so attached to the words. — Antonio Banderas
No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. — Henry Adams
Don't you wish you had a job like mine? All you have to do is think up a certain number of words! Plus, you can… — Dave Barry
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society. — John Adams
I'm very sensitive to the English language. I studied the dictionary obsessively when I was a kid and collect old dictionaries. Words, I think, are… — Drew Barrymore
A few years ago, I bought an old red bicycle with the words Free Spirit written across its side - which is exactly what I… — Drew Barrymore
My wife was too beautiful for words, but not for arguments. — John Barrymore
Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of fingers, or fingers at the… — Roland Barthes
There are about 30 words around you all the time, like 'thread' or 'exit.' — Jean-Michel Basquiat
How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words! — Samuel Adams
Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words. Man approaches it through forests of symbols, which observe him with familiar glances. — Charles Baudelaire
I burned out my drawing hand by using it too much. The common word for it is writer's cramp. The fancy words for it are… — Scott Adams
The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this is one cause of the serious misunderstandings that divide them. — Simone de Beauvoir
Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell… — Simone de Beauvoir
I beg you, look for the words 'social justice' or 'economic justice' on your church Web site. If you find it, run as fast as… — Glenn Beck
Basic human contact - the meeting of eyes, the exchanging of words - is to the psyche what oxygen is to the brain. If you're… — Martha Beck
Forget words like 'hard sell' and 'soft sell.' That will only confuse you. Just be sure your advertising is saying something with substance, something that… — William Bernbach
Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me. — Sarah Bernhardt

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