Words Mean Quotes
61 quotes by 50 authors
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I have a hard time articulating the emotional experience of working on a film. Even when I have meetings on films or discussing them with…
— Amy Adams
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Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
— Maya Angelou
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Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.
— Ernest Gaines
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There are a lot of latchkey kids. I don't want to be sitting there when a guy blurts something out over the TV and have…
— Doug Ose
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Lyrically, 'less words mean more' is a pretty good rule of thumb. Try to cut out the fat and get to the meat of what…
— Chris Stapleton
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I never said a word against eminent men of science. What I complain of is a vague popular philosophy which supposes itself to be scientific…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself. Basically, it's made up of two separate words — mank and…
— Jack Handey
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Yes and no are very powerful words. Mean them when you say them. Respect them when you hear them.
— Michael Josephson
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Words mean nothing to liberals. They say whatever will help advance their cause at the moment, switch talking points in a heartbeat, and then act…
— Ann Coulter
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Words mean more than we mean to express when we use them: so a whole book ought to mean a great deal more than the…
— Lewis Carroll
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Learn your lines… plant your feet… look the other actor in the eye… say the words… mean them.
— James Cagney
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You invented the words, and you gave me a dictionary and you said, 'These are what the words mean.' Well, this is what they mean…
— Charles Manson
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I love words very much. I've always loved to talk, and I've always love words — the words that rest in your mouth, what words…
— Martha Graham
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I was at the front for thirteen months, and by the end of that time the sharpest perceptions had become dulled, the greatest words mean.
— Ernst Toller
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We fret about words, we writers. Words mean. Words point. They are arrows. Arrows stuck in the rough hide of reality. And the more portentous,…
— Susan Sontag
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A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it... By using words well they strengthen their souls.
— Ursula K. Le Guin
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A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth…
— Ursula K. Le Guin
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When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more…
— Lewis Carroll
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It is a magic book. Words mean things. When you put them together they speak. Yes, sometimes they flatten out and nothing they say is…
— Samuel R. Delany
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If every life is a river, then it's little wonder that we do not even notice the changes that occur until we are far out…
— Alice Hoffman
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