Quotes About Words

Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word.

Even if you didn't see the movie, you'd see two words you'd never seen put together before - comedy and Muslim. Comedy is friendly - it's the least offensive word in our language.

In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.

Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don't implement promises, but keep them.

It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person. So violence isn't merely organized butchery in the name of God, in the name of society or country. Violence is much more subtle, much deeper.

A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.

The unspoken word never does harm.

If I may use such a word when I am speaking of religious subjects, it is by voice and words that men 'mesmerize' each other. Hence it is that the world is converted by the voice of the preacher.

If you can't pronounce a word correctly, just don't use it.

Language is ever on the move, and most days, I check out the 'Urban Dictionary' where anyone can invent a new and useful word or phrase.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.

Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.

Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.

Silence is better than unmeaning words.

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.

Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary.

The development of language is part of the development of the personality, for words are the natural means of expressing thoughts and establishing understanding between people.

Fluency is the developmental process that connects decoding with everything we know about words to make the meaning of the text come to life. Fluency is a wonderful bridge to comprehension and to a life-long love of reading.

Great journalism will always attract readers. The words, pictures and graphics that are the stuff of journalism have to be brilliantly packaged; they must feed the mind and move the heart.

Because God gave you your makeup and superintended every moment of your past, including all the hardship, pain, and struggles, He wants to use your words in a unique manner. No one else can speak through your vocal cords, and, equally important, no one else has your story.

I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.