Quotes of: Words Keyword

What do you think was the first sound to become a word, a meaning?... I imagined two people without words, unable to speak to each other. I imagined the need: The color of the sky that meant 'storm.' The smell of fire taht meant 'Flee.' The sound of ...

Amy Tan

Unhappy is a nice word.

Jose Mourinho

With tender words you have less luck with a woman than with jewels.

Berber

Words that come from the heart stay warm three winters long.

Chinese

With a walking-stick you reach many lands; you reach many more with words.

Finnish

Soft words butter no parsnips, but they won't harden the heart of the cabbage either.

Irish

One who speaks fair words feeds you with an empty spoon.

Italian

Words are like the spider's web: a shelter for the clever ones and a trap for the not-so-clever.

Malagasy

Once a word has been uttered it belongs to those who hear it.

Montenegro

Not all the words that were ever uttered are worth weighing on golden scales.

Norwegian

A spoken word is not a sparrow. Once it flies out, you can't catch it.

Russian

Do actions agree with words? There's your measure of reliability. Never confine yourself to the words.

Chapterhouse: Dune

One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.

The Dharma Bums

Why is it that words like these seem dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender enough to be your name?

The Dead

Better than a thousand sayings Made up of useless words Is one word of meaning Which calms you to hear it.

The Dhammapada

words make some unique ; words destroy some

Distinctive Footprints of Life: Where Are You Heading Towards?

Ignorance and fanaticism is ever busy and needs feeding. Always it is feeding and gloating for more.

The Essential Words and Writings of Clarence Darrow

Sorry' is just a word… A word that acquires a little bit of strength when uttered by a heart, which believes in its power, but yours is silent.

Full Circle

For last year's words belong to last year's language And next year's words await another voice.

Four Quartets

I'm sorry. This is diary, not enlightenment.

Give Sorrow Words: Maryse Holder's Letters From Mexico

The word lethologica describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

The Girl Who Chased the Moon