If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add, 'All the time.'
Charles Foster Kane: I don't think there's one word that can describe a man's life.
Lloyd: Women: can't live with them, can't live without them. Jack Torrance: Words of wisdom, Lloyd my man. Words of wisdom.
When you use words loosely, without care and consideration, you erode trust in yourself and in what you're saying. When you squander words, you diminish your power.
The American revolutionaries believed in the power of the word. But they had only word of mouth and the printing press. We have the Internet.
My mother-in-law speaks not a word of English. I speak not a word of Tajiki. So I smile at her ingratiatingly and she fixes me with a beady eye.
I like playing around with the words; I love it when I feel like I've picked the exact right word to describe whatever it is I'm trying to describe.
With Dick Smith there, and the words of Peter Shaffer... they've got to be the most beautiful descriptions in music ever written on film or in literature. And we could hear the music accompanying the words... What more can you ask for?
People often complain that music is too ambiguous, that what they should think when they hear it is so unclear, whereas everyone understands words. With me, it is exactly the opposite, and not only with regard to an entire speech but also with indivi...
I don't like the word 'urban' because I think it's a bit of a generalisation and they use it to class music, but I don't think it's a word that necessarily classes music.
The word 'right' should be excluded from political language, as the word 'cause' from the language of philosophy.
In the contexts of religion and politics, words are not regarded as standing, rather inadequately, for things and events; on the contrary, things and events are regarded as particular illustrations of words.
Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons.
Feminism - the word - can give us a handle, a rallying point, a common ground, and help us build a bridge. Why not claim the gift of the word as a place to begin?
Whenever there's an opportunity to celebrate the written word and celebrate the folks that read the written word, and, I think, to encourage other writers to write and encourage folks to read more and get connected to it in a personal way, it's a pos...
Great understanding is broad and unhurried; little understanding is cramped and busy. Great words are clear and limpid; little words are shrill and quarrelsome.
ONE WORD One word — one stone in a cold river. One more stone— I'll need many stones if I'm going to get over.
I welcome new words, or old words used in new ways, provided the result is more precision, added color or greater expressiveness.
Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can have a word with him?
He who always wants the last word, ends up talking to himself.
One good word puts out the flames better than a bucket of water.
