Words Quotes

12991 Words quotes by 5885 unique authors

The outcome of the war is in our hands; the outcome of words is in the council. — Homer
But a book suggests conversation: one person is speaking to another, and audible sound is, or should be, natural to that exchange. So I read… — Teju Cole
All I can do in my writing is to stimulate a certain amount of thought, clarify some technical facts and date my work. But when… — Ansel Adams
The words in prose ought to express the intended meaning, and no more; if they attract attention to themselves, it is, in general, a fault. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I didn’t hear words that were accurate, much less prideful. For example, I never once heard the word clitoris. It would be years before I… — Gloria Steinem
Anyone who has ever studied the history of American diplomacy, especially military diplomacy, knows that you might start in a war with certain things on… — George F. Kennan
I get drunk writing words. I don't drink or do drugs, but I get so carried away with writing that I get inebriated from it. — John Shirley
I hate intellectual discussion. When I hear the words 'phenomenology' or 'structuralism', I reach for my buck knife. — Edward Abbey
Three words remain that can yet stir the blood of man: the word 'rebellion'; the word 'revolt'; the word 'revolution'. — Edward Abbey
Henry James was our master of periphrasis -- the fine art of saying as little as possible in the greatest number of words. — Edward Abbey
Writers should avoid the academy. When a writer begins to accept pay for talking about words, we know what he will produce soon: nothing but… — Edward Abbey
In the world of words, one of my best-loved tribes is the diatribe. — Edward Abbey
Music begins where words leave off. Music expresses the inexpressible. If there is a Kingdom of Heaven, it lies in music. — Edward Abbey
Music endures and ages far better than books. Books, made of words, are unavoidably attached to ideas, events, conflict, and history, but music has the… — Edward Abbey
A very great part of the mischiefs that vex the world arises from words. — Edmund Burke
Now, mark my words. So long as we are a young and virtuous people, this instument will bind us together in mutual interests, mutual welfare,… — Alexander Hamilton
O most glorious God ... Direct my thoughts, words and work, wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the Lamb, and purge my… — George Washington
C.S. Lewis admitted, when he was asked to set forth his beliefs, that he never felt less sure of them than when he tried to… — Robert Adams
Theres no question that photographs communicate more instantly and powerfully than words do, but if you want to communicate a complex concept clearly, you need… — Galen Rowell
When you work with words, words are your work. — Don Knotts
It is quite clear that as long as the nations of the world spend most of their energy, money, and emotional strength in quarreling with… — Isaac Asimov
I felt a curious thrill, as if something had stirred in me, half wakened from sleep. There was something very remote and strange and beautiful… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The most important words in the English language are not 'I love you' but 'it's benign.' — Woody Allen
Silence has a myriad of meanings. In the theater, silence is an absence of words, but never an absence of meaning. — Sanford Meisner
I love the way you can fall in love with a piece of literature; how words alone can get your heart doing that. — Laura Marling

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