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12991 Words quotes by 5885 unique authors

It is a well-known fact that in countries in which the national debt is properly funded, and an object of established confidence, it answers most… — Alexander Hamilton
There seems to be an increasing awareness of something we Americans have known for some time - that the ten most dangerous words in the… — Ronald Reagan
It is part of the moral tragedy with which we are dealing that words like 'democracy,' 'freedom,' 'rights,' 'justice,' which have so often inspired heroism… — Norman Angell
I had a friend whose life was perfect. She always said to me, "I'm truly blessed." I thought, "Of course you're blessed; your life is… — Rhonda Byrne
The purpose of life is joy! When you're in joy, you attract the highest and best in every area of your life. Joy increases to… — Rhonda Byrne
Whatever we have words for, that we have already got beyond. — Friedrich Nietzsche
We say we exchange words when we meet. What we exchange is souls. — Minot Judson Savage
Wrapped around my son with only the knowledge of the words of the world & a quiet remembrance of watching before this all began. — Brian Andreas
Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free. When all are free, then we can look forward to that day… — John F. Kennedy
No words can describe the depths of my regret and pain at the anguish my mistakes over Watergate have caused the nation and the presidency… — Richard M. Nixon
Winners use words that say 'must' and 'will'. — Jordan Belfort
People have become afraid of love because in love also, death penetrates. If two lovers are sitting side by side in deep love and intimacy,… — Rajneesh
The words of language, as they are written or spoken, do not seem to play any role in my mechanism of thought. The physical entities… — Albert Einstein
Deeds, not words shall speak me. — John Fletcher
Words, like glasses, obscure everything they do not make clear. Before using a fine word, make a place for it. — Joseph Joubert
Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things. — Flora Lewis
I have always maintained that translation is essentially the closest reading one can possibly give a text. The translator cannot ignore "lesser" words, but must… — Gregory Rabassa
Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the… — Aldous Huxley
One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die. — Evelyn Waugh
All official institutions of language are repeating machines: school, sports, advertising, popular songs, news, all continually repeat the same structure, the same meaning, often the… — Roland Barthes
I am not yet so lost in lexicography, as to forget that words are the daughters of the earth, and that things are the sons… — Samuel Johnson
Art is an extension of language - an expression of sensations too subtle for words. — Robert Henri
By such innovations are languages enriched, when the words are adopted by the multitude, and naturalized by custom. — Miguel de Cervantes
We shall never understand one another until we reduce the language to seven words. — Khalil Gibran
Words slip into a language the way white-green vines slide between slats in a fence. — Tim Seibles

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