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Quotes About Word

He who understands philosophy understands laughter. That mysterious Word at the beginning, mentioned in the Bible, is a divine guffaw.
~ Alejandro Jodorowsky
The unconscious desire is not the content of the hidden message, it is the active designer of the form that latent thoughts get in a dream. This is why the key in psychoanalysis is not a key to a hidden meaning, but the key that "unlocks" this form itself (makes what has been associated to compose the hidden meaning dissociate). And this is what "the right word" does.
~ Alenka Zupan?i?
The word for her in Paris, a courtesan who had made it to the stage, was grue—it happened so often there was a word for it.
~ Alexander Chee
Falmouth. But you'll be joining up with the
~ Alexander Fullerton
Has not the Word of God, in the most energetic and awful terms, doomed the New Testament Babylon? And has it not equally declared, that those who share in Babylon's sins, shall share in Babylon's plagues? (Rev. xvii.4.)
~ Alexander Hislop
We poets are (upon a poet's word)Of all mankind the creatures most absurd:The season when to come, and when to go,To sing, or cease to sing, we never know.
~ Alexander Pope
LO! THY DREAD EMPIRE, CHAOS! IS RESTOR'D; LIGHT DIES BEFORE THY UNCREATING WORD; THY HAND, GREAT ANARCH! LETS THE CURTAIN FALL; AND UNIVERSAL DARKNESS BURIES ALL
~ Alexander Pope
The correct word is like any small detail - it enhances life.
~ Alexandra Stoddard
If the Crusades were not politics, we should have to narrow the meaning of the word very considerably.
~ Alfred Austin
The word LISTEN contains the same letters as the word SILENT.
~ Alfred Brendel
Uma vez já caí na armadilha de uma palavra, tive de pagar um preço amargo...
~ Alfred Doblin
I've never written poetry. I'm not a poet, but I think the nearest you get is either the short story or the novella, in that you can't waste a word. There is no hiding place: everything's got to be seen to relate, and the prose counts.
~ Susan Hill
I do not concern myself much with reading long commentary volumes designed to enlarge at length upon that which is found in the scriptures. Rather, I prefer to dwell with the source, tasting of the unadulterated waters of the fountain of truth - the word of God as he gave it and as it has been recorded in the books we accept as scripture.
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
The word of God is a Christian's instructions for life. God speaks to us through His word, so we cannot constantly be running on empty.
~ Monica Johnson
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
If it is an imperfect word, no external circumstance can heighten its value as poetry.
~ John Drinkwater
I have a thing for Baltimore: the word itself, the place - I don't know where it comes from; it's just a weird city. I have a song called 'Baltimore,' but I'm not from there. I've driven through there a lot. We've played a couple of shows there, but it's not a big market. Some good bands come from there, though. Animal Collective and Beach House.
~ Stephen Malkmus
Even when I do commercials, I try to tell a story about the product. With music, I try to tell the story of the person's struggle for success. And I believe every word I say. I never read anything on the air I don't believe in. I think people sense that about me, and they respond to it.
~ Casey Kasem
If we don't get back to the word of God in this nation, I feel He will judge America just as he did Sodom and Gomorrah. I have a burden on this and I have a great concern to help awaken the American people to what's going on.
~ Anita Bryant
You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword.
~ Samuel Johnson
The Bible refers to the Word as 'the sword of the Spirit.' What battles are you not winning if you are not equipped with your sword?
~ Monica Johnson
Previously known for its six syllables of sweetness and light, reconciliation has become the political fighting word of the year.
~ William Safire
I won't get killed,' Rose protested. Is that a promise?' Fish asked dryly, stirring his tea. 'If you break your word, I'll never believe you again.' Rose shook her head at him. 'How can you even taste your tea if you put that much sugar in it?' Don't change the subject. I don't want to be responsible for depriving the world of Rose Brier. Under no circumstances are you allowed to help us do anything more dangerous than...change the oil in my car.
~ Regina Doman
Creation is the work of the Word; it is also, and by this very fact, His manifestation, his outward affirmation; and this is why the world is like a divine language, for those who know how to understand it: Caeli enarrant gloriam Dei (The heavens declare the glory of God, Ps. XIX:2)
~ Rene Guenon