Quotes About Words

It's about keeping the peace," said Rasso from the livery. His choice of words made Marzo want to smile. Rasso had borrowed the phrase from him and, like any man in the colony who borrowed anything, he seemed determined to use it till it fell apart before he was called on to give it back.

Wisdom is not in words; Wisdom is meaning within words.

Positive Words Are Blessings - Kailin Gow, Amazon Lee Adventures

Tradition is not only a protective, conservative principle; it is, primarily, the principle of growth and regeneration… Tradition is the constant abiding of the Spirit and not only the memory of words.

she was filled with the satisfaction of being with a group of people and knowing the words and tone that would produce exactly the effect you wanted. This was what was meant by belonging and home, words she understood in the

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With all due respect to lawyers, it's wonderful that you have this intricate knowledge. You break down words to the nth degree. And sometimes I find it rather disgusting. And it goes on and on.

I like to introduce a few lost gems when I can to fellow word-lovers, and would genuinely love some of them to make a comeback.

I got introduced to Shakespeare at four years old, and I fell in love with the language.

If I was asked to say what was the greatest invention of human beings, I would say the sentence.

Based on 30 years of experience with the Iranians, they will give you 100 words. Trust only one of the 100.

You can listen to carpenters talk for hours in Ireland. The people have a relationship to words that I don't think you will run into anyplace in the world.

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There are Idols which we call Idols of the Market. For Men associate by Discourse, and a false and improper Imposition of Words strangely possesses the Understanding, for Words absolutely force the Understanding, and put all Things into Confusion.

But the Idols of the Market Place are the most troublesome of all — idols which have crept into the understanding through the alliances of words and names. For men believe that their reason governs words; but it is also true that words react on the understanding; and this it is that has rendered philosophy and the sciences sophistical and inactive.

What things have we seenDone at the Mermaid! heard words that have beenSo nimble, and so full of subtle flame,As if that everyone from whence they came,Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,And resolv'd to live a fool, the restOf his dull life.

But there is, alas, no doubt that we are becoming a vocabulary-deprived nation—nay, planet. Words have been dropping off all through this century, but the loss increased radically in the sixties with the immorality of "limited vocabulary.

Las mejores conversaciones son aquellas donde no importa lo que se dice, sino el trenzado gutural de la voz, el bordado de las palabras, la calidad de las pausas, la filigrana de las dudas.

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

I don't know what it means and I don't care because it's Shakespeare and it's like having jewels in my mouth when I say the words.

let's be honest: ignoring is acting, and nothing more - acting as though the words, or actions of your oppresors don't hurt. you hear the words, you feel the insults, and you bear the blows. you can act deaf and impervious to pain, but the stabs and the arrows pierce you anyway.

Aber sie tun es doch, sie sprechen von der Ohnmacht und praktizieren Macht, sie bekennen Demut und demütigen andere!

and use the uttermost effort of our mind to purify them of the limitations that arise in them from our limitation. That is the way of advance for the mind. Human language is not adequate to utter God, but it is the highest we have and we should use its highest words.

Anybody who thinks talk is cheap should get some legal advice.