Quotes About Words

Going back into the history of a word, very often into Latin, we come back pretty commonly to pictures or models of how things happen or are done.

No word matters. But man forgets reality and remembers words.

And what do all the great words come to in the end, but that? I love you - I am at rest with you - I have come home.

The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering galleries, they are clearly heard at the end, and by posterity.

Don't worry about having the right words; worry more about having the right heart. It's not eloquence he seeks, just honesty.

Honesty is making our words align with reality. Integrity is making reality align with our words.

I preach darkness. I don't inspire hope—only shadows. It's up to you to find the light in my words.

We do not stray out of all words into the ever silent; We do not raise our hands to the void for things beyond hope.

Darling, replied Valentine, has not the count just told us that all human wisdom was contained in these two words,- "Wait and hope"?

My biggest dream is that my words will inspire heart, hope and personal responsibility in people around the globe long after my feet in these shoes aren't walking the planet.

I have spoken words of hope. But only of hope. Hope is not victory.

The Hulk is like a haiku; you've got to find just the right words. I think, and I hope, we did that with The Avengers.

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

I hope every night is stunning where you are. In my words, you are a legend.

Whose cruel idea was it for the word "lisp" to have an "s" in it?

That does it," said Jace. "I'm going to get you a dictionary for Christmas this year." "Why?" Isabelle said. "So you can look up 'fun.' I'm not sure you know what it means.

If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?

English is my second language. Laughter is my first.

I actually like how doctors talk. I like the sound of science. I like how words you don't understand explain things you can't understand.

If words had weight, a single sentence from Death would have anchored a ship.

You have to have funny faces and words, you can't just have words. It is a powerful thing, and I think that's why it's hard for people to imagine that women can do that, be that powerful.

READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as a rule, of Indiana novels, short stories in "dialect" and humor in slang.

The bile makes it better. I am an information wasting machine - 100s of words a day.

The Australian language is easier to learn than boat talk. It has a vocabulary of about six words.