Words Quotes

12991 Words quotes by 5885 unique authors

With all that we hear of American hustle and hurry, it is rather strange that Americans seem to like to linger on longer words. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Puritanism was an honourable mood; it was a noble fad. In other words, it was a highly creditable mistake. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The aim of good prose words is to mean what they say. The aim of good poetical words is to mean what they do not… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
A verse from the Veda says, 'What you see, you become.' In other words, just the experience of perceiving the world makes you what you… — Deepak Chopra
There is more than a verbal tie between the words common, community, and communication.... Try the experiment of communicating, with fullness and accuracy, some experience… — John Dewey
All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. Your personal achievement starts in your mind. the first step is to know exactly what… — W. Clement Stone
Women know the way to rear up children (to be just). They know a simple, merry, tender knack of tying sashes, fitting baby-shoes, and stringing… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Therefore the Sage, wishing to be above the people, must by his words put himself below them; wishing to be before the people, he must… — Laozi
The people of Sydney who can speak of my work [on flying-machine models] without a smile are very scarce; it is doubtless the same with… — Lawrence Hargrave
I believe the Visa Waiver Program, it essentially is the soft underbelly of the visa system. Now we have 35 countries in it. We have… — Dianne Feinstein
We've come to a basic agreement, which is that first, people will be legalized. In other words, not citizens, but they'll be allowed to work,… — Charles Schumer
I always tried to live up to Leo Szilard's commandment, "don't lie if you don't have to." I had to. I filled up pages with… — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Men are apt to be much more influenced by words than by the actual facts of the surrounding reality — Ivan Pavlov
What is that we human beings ultimately depend on? We depend on our words. We are suspended in language. Our task is to communicate experience… — Niels Bohr
There's something like a line of gold thread running through a man's words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it… — Unknown Author
The words a leader speaks are important, of course. But how they're delivered can make all the difference, especially in tough times. — John Baldoni
When we experience our fear, when we say the words "I am scared," we have the choice, the ability to acknowledge that being 'scared' is… — Paul Michael Glaser
You can motivate players better with kind words than you can with a whip. — Bud Wilkinson
You can't really describe how difficult it is to deal with. It is any athlete's worst nightmare to be accused of cheating by taking drugs.… — Greg Rusedski
It's better to be talked about than to be forgotten. (In other words, if you are the subject of gossip or speculation, enjoy it! Don't… — Robin Meade
The risk of developing carcinoma of the lung increases steadily as the amount smoked increases. If the risk among non-smokers is taken as unity and… — Richard Doll
It is important to go into work you would like to do. Then it doesn't seem like work. You sometimes feel it's almost too good… — Gertrude B. Elion
It is very remarkable that while the words Eternal, Eternity, Forever, are constantly in our mouths, and applied without hesitation, we yet experience considerable difficulty… — George Julius Poulett Scrope
We profess to teach the principles and practice of medicine, or, in other words, the science and art of medicine. Science is knowledge reduced to… — Unknown Author
Can words describe the fragrance of the very breath of spring? — Neltje Blanchan

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