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12991 Words quotes by 5885 unique authors

First words on the first telephone - "Mr. Watson - come here - I want to see you." — Alexander Graham Bell
Software suppliers are trying to make their software packages more 'user-friendly'... Their best approach so far has been to take all the old brochures and… — Bill Gates
In the old days, words like sin and Satan had a moral certitude. Today, they're replaced with self-help jargon, words like dysfunction and antisocial behavior,… — Don Henley
Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words. — Tahar Ben Jelloun
In the life of the human spirit, words are action, much more so than many of us realize who live in countries where freedom of… — Jimmy Carter
Liberty is not a matter of words, but a positive and important condition of society. Its greatest safeguard after placing its foundations in a popular… — James F. Cooper
Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which… — Thomas B. Macaulay
His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles; his love sincere, his thoughts immaculate; his tears pure messengers sent from his heart; his heart as… — William Shakespeare
There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie. — Juvenal
Antisthenes says that in a certain faraway land the cold is so intense that words freeze as soon as they are uttered, and after some… — Plutarch
These gems have life in them: their colors speak, say what words fail of. — George Eliot
Like the Sweetness of Gardenias Mother, you died 15 years ago. pain, a rapier, cut until, finally, there was just peace like the sweetness of… — Wallace Stevens
In these words lies all his power: He chose the path along which he is walking and so has no complaints. — Paulo Coelho
The word mantra comes from two Sanskrit words man, ("to think") and tra ("tool'). So the literal translation is "a tool of thought." And that's… — Russell Simmons
We automatically give to each person we meet, but we choose what we give. Our words, our actions, must consciously set the stage for the… — Marlo Morgan
The real people nation have for centuries had the practice at birth of speaking the same first phrase to all newborns. Each person hears the… — Marlo Morgan
With respect to the words "general welfare," I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them… — James Madison
If your knowledge of fire has been turned to certainty by words alone, then seek to be cooked by the fire itself. Don't abide in… — Unknown Author
Human envy is certainly not one of the sources of discontent that a free society can eliminate. It is probably one of the essential conditions… — Friedrich August von Hayek
However, if we wish to be compassionate with our fellow man, we must learn to engage in dispassionate analysis. In other words, thinking with our… — Walter E. Williams
When words lose their meaning, people lose their liberty. — Confucius
Political leaders in capitalist countries who cheer the collapse of socialism in other countries continue to favor socialist solutions in their own. They know the… — Milton Friedman
Words summarize the American philosophy of life: Live and let live; Let's make a deal. 8 words summarize American foreign policy: We're better than you;… — Gary North
'I can't' are two words that have never been in my vocabulary. I believe in me more than anything in this world. — Wilma Rudolph
A warrior considers himself already dead, so there is nothing to lose. The worst has already happened to him, therefore he's clear and calm; judging… — Carlos Castaneda

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