Aim Quote by John Ralston Saul

The power of language, it seems to me, is the only kind of power a writer is entitled to.

— Cynthia Ozick

Writers let themselves be enticed by the language.

— Peter Bichsel

Language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state. Nations, like individuals, first perceive, and then abstract.…

— Thomas B. Macaulay

Language is properly the servant of thought, but not unfrequently becomes its master. The conceptions of a feeble writer are greatly modified by his…

— William Benton Clulow

“Concering the power of the written word”

— Julie Hearn

One must avoid ambition in order to write. Otherwise something else is the goal: some kind of power beyond the power of language. And…

— Cynthia Ozick

“Writing word after word represents a type of power, the sort of command that a person amasses slowly with thoughtful inquiry.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

As the base rhetorician uses language to increase his own power, to produce converts to his own cause, and to create loyal followers of…

— Thomas Szasz

“Words have power. They can save, cure, uplift, devastate, deflate, and kill. And unconscious priming with words influences pro- and antisocial behaviors.”

— Robert M. Sapolsky

One must know and recognize not merely the direct but the secret power of the word.

— Knut Hamsun

It is the power of words and books - explaining and dramatizing great ideas and articulating high ideals - that is the greatest weapon…

— John C. Bogle

“Organization. If you want big words to talk to intellectuals with, that's a fine big word, son, just as many syllables as imagination, and…

— Robert Shea