Words Quotes

12991 Words quotes by 5885 unique authors

Words are one thing, deeds are quite another. — Ivan Bunin
We're in a state of crisis where our nation is literally ripping apart at the seams right now, and lawlessness is occurring from one ocean… — Michele Bachmann
Thoughts without words… Can that be? — Virginia Woolf
The poet cannot invent new words every time, of course. He uses the words of the tribe. But the handling of the word, the accent,… — Eugene Ionesco
The revival in religion will be a rhetorical problem - new persuasive words for defaced or degraded ones. — Thornton Wilder
I usually work in a direction until I know how to do it, then I stop, At the time that I am bored or understand… — Robert Rauschenberg
We call those works of art concrete that came into being on the basis of their inherent resources and rules - without external borrowing from… — Max Bill
And all of these writers offer me a greater understanding of what it is to be alive, and that is such an incredible thing art… — PJ Harvey
I work on words quite separately to music. They're both ongoing, and I don't ever feel like I'm working in a cycle in that respect,… — PJ Harvey
There can be no doubt that distrust of words is less harmful than unwarranted trust in them. — Vaclav Havel
As in everything else, I must start with myself. That is: in all circumstances try to be decent, just, tolerant, and understanding, and at the… — Vaclav Havel
Poetry teaches the enormous force of a few words, and, in proportion to the inspiration, checks loquacity. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Who has words at the right moment? — Charlotte Bronte
I dreamed in a dream, I saw a city invincible to the attacks of the whole of the rest of the earth; I dreamed that… — Walt Whitman
Everybody always tells you what an awesome and unique experience being a parent is. Words can never do the feeling justice. — Eric Church
The appeal of science fiction has always been its iconoclasm . . . But in order to be an iconoclast, an author must be more… — Alfred Bester
A grandmaster needs to retain thousands of games in his head, for games are to him what the words of their mother tongue are to… — Garry Kasparov
Words are like spices. Too many is worse than too few. — Joan Aiken
I always felt like Gandalf should have stayed dead. That was such an incredible sequence in Fellowship of the Ring when he faces the Balrog… — George R. R. Martin
Writing engenders in us certain attitudes toward language. It encourages us to take words for granted. Writing has enabled us to store vast quantities of… — N. Scott Momaday
Occasionally words must serve to veil the facts. But let this happen in such a way that no one become aware of it; or, if… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The prince who relies upon their words, without having otherwise provided for his security, is ruined; for friendships that are won by awards, and not… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Google is so strange. It promises everything, but everything isn’t there. You type in the words for what you need, and what you need becomes… — Ali Smith
It is not a case of our people...wanting either separation or integration. The use of these words actually clouds the real picture. The 22 million… — Malcolm X
During the past eleven days here in the Muslim world, I have eaten from the same plate, drunk from the same glass, and slept on… — Malcolm X

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