Danger Quote by H. R. Haldeman

Words are how people think. When you misuse words, you diminish your ability to think clearly and truthfully.

— Margaret Heffernan

The semanticists are exactly wrong in regarding language as an obstruction or series of pitfalls. Language, on the contrary, appears as a great storehouse…

— Richard M. Weaver

Words are inaccurate pointers to reality and should by no means be trusted.

— Frederick Lenz

Words are the source of misunderstandings.

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Words can be used for venal purposes. Words are incredible sources of propaganda and can cause terrible havoc.

— Helen Mirren

It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.

— Agnes Martin

Words are weapons, and it is dangerous in speculation, as in politics, to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy.

— George Santayana

The idea that cannot be converted into words is a bad idea, and the word that cannot be converted into action is a bad…

— Ritu Ghatourey

A word is an arbitrary label - that's the foundation of linguistics. But many people think otherwise. They believe in word magic: that uttering…

— Steven Pinker

In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use…

— Edward de Bono

I hope people will see how harmful words are and how irresponsible we can be when saying the wrong things at the wrong time…

— John David Washington

Sometimes, words have consequences you don't intend them to mean.

— George W. Bush