Words Quotes

12991 Words quotes by 5885 unique authors

Words are all we have. — Samuel Beckett
All I know is what the words know, and dead things, and that makes a handsome little sum, with a beginning and a middle and… — Samuel Beckett
And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou… — Venerable Bede
It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to… — Henry Ward Beecher
I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is… — Joseph Addison
The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein… — Joseph Addison
I get so nervous on stage I can't help but talk. I try. I try telling my brain: stop sending words to the mouth. But… — Adele
What does it mean to love someone with all your heart? It means to love with all your emotional feelings and with all your devotion.… — Ezra Taft Benson
I reverence the Constitution of the United States as a sacred document. To me its words are akin to the revelations of God, for God… — Ezra Taft Benson
Words are so often used in the opposite sense, as a screen of diversion. It's the struggle towards truthfulness which is the same whether one… — John Berger
A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. — Ingrid Bergman
Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors. — Leonard Bernstein
Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. — Ambrose Bierce
I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words. — Theodore Bikel
Proletarian language is dictated by hunger. The poor chew words to fill their bellies. — Theodor Adorno
There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together. — Josh Billings
Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words. — Josh Billings
Some words, you know, it's amazing but some words would come only in French, and when I speak French, it would only come in English.… — Juliette Binoche
A newspaper is lumber made malleable. It is ink made into words and pictures. It is conceived, born, grows up and dies of old age… — Jim Bishop
I'm the interpreter. I'm the one who takes your words and brings them to life. I was trained to sing and dance and laugh, and… — Aaliyah

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