Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with words they understand the ideas they stand for.
It is an excellent rule to be observed in all disputes, that men should give soft words and hard arguments; that they should not so much strive to vex as to convince each other.
The thing about Sondheim is that it does get very cerebral. You do need a faculty with words and a love for the lyrics to not just pull it off, but to have an appreciation for it.
There are about 30 words around you all the time, like 'thread' or 'exit.'
A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.
Promise keeping is a powerful means of grace in a time when people hardly depend on each other to remember and live by their word.
Many fans don't have the leisure time to track my every word. They're too busy brainstorming solutions to the economic crisis and winning Pulitzers.
I like to call it 'album making' because everybody hears the word scrapbooking and thinks, 'All the glue and the glitter - I don't have time for that!'
Of course, we have known for a long time that a word, like any verbal sign, is a unity of two components.
That's mostly what the Internet is, just passing the time. But unfortunately you are dealing with words that can have meaning.
Do not trust anybody but yourself. If people want to help you, fine. Put it on paper and understand exactly what every word says.
It's kind of astonishing that people trust strangers because of words they write on computer screens.
Never comment on a woman's rear end. Never use the words 'large' or 'size' with 'rear end.' Never. Avoid the area altogether. Trust me.
Alexander Pierce: [his dying words] Hail HYDRA.
Ursula: [her last words] So much for true love!
[Last words] Big Dave Brewster: I'm all shot to hell.
[last words] Dominic: [shot by Bugsy] Noodles... I slip... ped.
Moro: [dying words] Ashitaka... Can you save the girl you love...?
[At a poker game] Dick Goodwin: I know you're lying. Charles Van Doren: Bluffing. The word is bluffing.
Nick Volpe: You know what I'm thinkin'? Two words... RE - MATCH.
When a company gets into trouble, it should basically have to be resolved, in other words, stockholders lose their money, unsecured bondholders lose their money.
