Quotes of: In-other-words Keyword

Nationalism is not to be confused with patriotism. Both words are normally used in so vague a way that any definition is liable to be challenged, but one must draw a distinction between them, since two different and even opposing ideas are involved. ...

George Orwell

With school turning out more runners, jumpers, racers, tinkerers, grabbers, snatchers, fliers, and swimmers instead of examiners, critics, knowers, and imaginative creators, the word 'intellectual,' of course, became the swear word it deserved to be....

Fahrenheit 451

The characteristics of this kind of reading are perhaps summed up in the word “orthodox,” which is almost always applicable. The word comes from two Greek roots, meaning “right opinion.” These are books for which there is one and only one rig...

How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

The world is a very, very fine place. It wasn't a mess. It didn't need to be conquered and ruled by man. In other words, the world doesn't belong to man - but it does need man to belong to it. creature had to be the first to go through this... creatu...

Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit

When you're having an asthma attack, you don't have any breath. When you don't have any breath, it's hard to speak. You're limited by the amount of air you can spend from your lungs. That's not much, something between three to six words. It gives the...

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Kindness beautifies your words. Love sweetens your words. Wisdom empowers your words.

Matshona Dhliwayo

I could sum up the future in one word, and that word is 'boring.' The future is going to be boring.

J. G. Ballard

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love.

Sophocles

America’s problem, in a word, is politicians. In two words, it’s politicians and lobbyists. In three words, it’s politicians, lobbyists, and lawyers. And finally, in four words, it’s politicians, lobbyists, lawyers, and bankers.

99 Cents For Some Nonsense

He was intrigued by the power of words, not the literary words that filled the books in the library but the sharp, staccato words that went into the writing of news stories. Words that went for the jugular. Active verbs that danced and raced on the p...

I Am the Cheese

Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.

The Name of the Wind

Suicide. A sideways word, a word that people whisper and mutter and cough: a word that must be squeezed out behind cupped palms or murmured behind closed doors. It was only in dreams that I heard the word shouted, screamed.

Delirium

A civil tongue speaks the language of masters. An uncivil tongue reveals character flaws of its master.

We Need to Have a Word: Words of Wisdom, Courage and Patience for Work, Home and Everywhere

Each year's regrets are envelopes in which messages of hope are found for the New Year.

We Need to Have a Word: Words of Wisdom, Courage and Patience for Work, Home and Everywhere

Because I withered under the glare of an actual invitation, I was a firm believer in preventive prevarication--in other words, lying early in order to free myself later on.

Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

Never let the words of discouragement from others sway you away from reaching far with your dreams.

Dream Big!: See Your Bigger Picture!

... "The world is afflicted with death and decay, therefore the wise do not grieve, knowing the terms of the world," says an old Buddhist teaching. In other words: Get used to it.

Eat, Pray, Love

Politics is when people choose their words and actions based on how they want others to react rather than based on what they really think.

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

The quiet between them had gone on for far too long now to pretend it was anything other than what it was. There were no more words; all that was left were two faintly beating hearts.

The Geography of You and Me

we hurt each other, when we destroy & kill by words or deeds. When we deface the spirit of humanity-we destroy ourselves in the process!

Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration

Words have great power that could make or break others...so please be care with them✌

Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying