Quote by Smashing Pumpkins

We mutilate the meanings, so they are easy to deny.

— Smashing Pumpkins

“Among people who might be described as having at least a passing regard for the English language, there are few instances of usage that…

— Ammon Shea

But even in the Christian religion, much of its real meaning is hidden by words that are misleading and symbols that but few understand.

— Ernest Holmes

...if you do not even understand what words say, how can you expect to pass judgement on what words conceal?

— Hilda Doolittle

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

— Ben Jonson

Words have basic inalienable meanings, departure from which is either conscious metaphor or inexcusable vulgarity.

— Evelyn Waugh

It's the suppression of the word that gives it the power, the violence, the viciousness.

— Lenny Bruce

We allow words to obscure the interpretation of the deeper meaning.

— Stephen Young

Words used carelessly, as if they did not matter in any serious way, often allowed otherwise well-guarded truths to seep through.

— Douglas Adams

It's raw, unbridled superstition for these people to claim that words can harm you.

— Frank Zappa

“Being made up of distinctions, language finds it almost impossible to express undifferentiation.”

— René Girard

Meaning lies in words less spoken.

— Erik Robert Piorkowski