Quotes of: Word Keyword

I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.

James A. Michener

Evidently the arts, all the visual arts, are becoming more democratic in the worst sense of the word.

Eugenio Montale

Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Usefulness! It is not a fascinating word, and the quality is not one of which the aspiring spirit can dream o' nights, yet on the stage it is the first thing to aim at.

Ellen Terry

I want to carry in my heart forever the key word of the Olympics - 'passion.'

Eliezer Yudkowsky

Nothing is more despicable than a professional talker who uses his words as a quack uses his remedies.

Francois Fenelon

Genius is an overused word. The world has known only about a half dozen geniuses. I got only fairly near.

Fritz Kreisler

Every word first looks around in every direction before letting itself be written down by me.

Franz Kafka

The word 'Christianity' is already a misunderstanding - in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross.

Friedrich Nietzsche

The word "Christianity" is already a misunderstanding; in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the cross.

Friedrich Nietzsche

I want to know why I read as a child with such a frantic appetite, why I sucked the words off the page with such an edge of desperation.

Francis Spufford

Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays.

Friedrich Schiller

My art is the result of a deeply personal, infinitely complex, and still essentially mysterious, exploration of experience. No words will ever touch it.

George Brecht

Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski.

Guy Billout

Bittersweet? No, just bitter, the taste of your tongue. Words you can’t have back, so they linger.

Coco J. Ginger

Sticks and stones can break your bones, yet words will never hurt you…unless you believe them.

Charles F. Glassman

Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can never hurt you…unless you believe them.

Charles F. Glassman

In the '90s, you couldn't say the word 'nerd' to someone when pitching a show. They would have considered that too niche and wouldn't have listened.

Chris Hardwick

Littera scripta manet - 'The written word will remain'. That's true, but it won't be that much comfort to me.

Christopher Hitchens

I keep saying the word 'weird' over and over again, but it's the only way I can describe it.

Chuck Klosterman

Lyrics paved my teenage route to loving words. I take those passionate mini-stories with me everywhere.

Carla H. Krueger