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12991 Words quotes by 5885 unique authors

When they bury me in a church and chuck earth on my grave, I'd like the words 'Well, at least he tried' engraved on my… — Steven Morrissey
I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the… — Jonathan Swift
Wake the happy words. — Theodore Roethke
You learn from music, from watching great athletes at work - how disciplined they are, how they move. You learn these things by watching a… — Ernest Gaines
The only way of expressing emotion in the form of art is by finding an "objective correlative"; in other words, a set of objects, a… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Try and write straight English; never using slang except in dialogue and then only when unavoidable. Because all slang goes sour in a short time.… — Ernest Hemingway
This element of surprise or mystery - the detective element as it is sometimes rather emptily called - is of great importance in a plot.… — E. M. Forster
Sometimes language gets in the way of the story's feelings. The reader finds himself experiencing the language of the story rather than the story. The… — Leonard Michaels
Don't take action with a trade until the market, itself, confirms your opinion. Being a little late in a trade is insurance that your opinion… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: they are but beggars who can count their worth. — William Shakespeare
Words There is no good father, that's the rule. Don't lay the blame on men but on the bond of paternity, which is rotten. To… — Jean-Paul Sartre
His heritage to his children wasn't words or possessions, but an unspoken treasure, the treasure of his example as a man and a father. — Unknown Author
One of the main purposes of laws in a democratic society is to put burdens upon intelligence and reduce it to impotence. Ostensibly, their aim… — H. L. Mencken
Philanthropy is all about making a positive difference in the world by devoting your resources and your time to causes you believe in. In my… — Jeffrey Skoll
There were many words that you could not stand to hear and finally only the names of places had dignity. Abstract words such as glory,… — Ernest Hemingway
A diverse ecosystem will also be resilient, because it contains many species with overlapping ecological functions that can partially replace one another. When a particular… — Fritjof Capra
Thy words, I grant are bigger, for I wear not, my dagger in my mouth. — William Shakespeare
Music can speak louder than words, and I will use my music to speak out on behalf of children everywhere. — Judy Collins
There is a language older by far and deeper than words. It is the language of bodies, of body on body, wind on snow, rain… — Derrick Jensen
Confronted with a challenge to distill the secret of sound investment into three words, we venture the motto, Margin of Safety. — Benjamin Graham
In science there is a dictum: don't add an experiment to an experiment. Don't make things unnecessarily complicated. In writing fiction, the more fantastic the… — Ben Bova
A man is a writer if all his words are strung in definite sentence sounds. — Marianne Moore
Pay attention to the sound of words. — David Farland
I get up every day and work in the morning. I have my coffee and get to work. On good days I look up and… — George R. R. Martin
Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge. Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words when short are best of all. — Winston Churchill

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