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Words Quotes by Douglas Adams
- Many words and expressions which only a matter of decades ago were considered so distastefully explicit that, were they merely to be breathed in public,…
- He stood up straight and looked the world squarely in the fields and hills. To add weight to his words he stuck the rabbit bone…
- [The Head of Radio Three] had been ensnared by the Music Director of the college and a Professor of Philosophy. These two were busy explaining…
- Words used carelessly, as if they did not matter in any serious way, often allowed otherwise well-guarded truths to seep through.
- The lights were off so that his heads could avoid looking at each other because neither of them was currently a particular engaging sight, nor…
- In many of the more relaxed civilizations on the Outer Eastern Rim of the Galaxy, the Hitch-Hiker's Guide has already supplanted the great Encyclopaedia Galactica…
- Mr L Prosser was, as they say, only human. In other words he was a carbon-based life form descended from an ape. More specifically he…
- Yes. They are the words that finally turned me into the hermit I have now become. It was quite sudden. I saw them, and I…
More Words Quotes
- Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
- I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something… — Chinua Achebe
- Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and… — Rowan Atkinson
- I don't think of poetry as a 'rational' activity but as an aural one. My poems usually begin with words or phrases… — Margaret Atwood
- The genesis of a poem for me is usually a cluster of words. The only good metaphor I can think of is… — Margaret Atwood
- The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences. — Saint Augustine
- Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride… — Jane Austen
- Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the… — Teresa of Avila
- The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are suitable or… — Teresa of Avila