Quotes About Words

I wish, when I was first born, the first thing I said was "Quote" so the last thing I said before I died would be "Unquote.

I gave up on cussing - I'd run out of words filthy enough - and just started praying.

Learning French is trivial: the word for horse is cheval, and everything else follows in the same way.

My personal sense of humor is edgy, I would say more cable-like: words you're not allowed to say, ideas that the majority of people might say, "That's too risqué for me."

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

I love the wheels, I mean steering wheel.

English can be weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though.

Sometimes we know people who aretoo wonderful for words. I am not one of them.Or you, for that matter, as you well know.

Sure, I liked girls but I was always too terrified to speak to them unless we were arguing or I was calling them stupidos, which was one of my favorite words that year.

Secret 7591.42.21. Avoiding weasel words in your intelligence analysis isn't easy when your intelligence analysis is about weasels.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.' Yeah, well, whoever wrote that was a friggin' idiot.

The word of a cat is not to be relied upon.

How hard can writing be? After all, most of the words are going to be 'and, ' 'the, ' and 'I, ' and 'it, ' and so on, and there's a huge number to choose from, so a lot of the work has been done for you.

As birds' wings beat the solid air without which none could fly so words freed by the imagination affirm reality by their flight.

Imagination is the first step in creation whether in words or trifles. The mental pattern must always precede the material form.

The imagination is of so delicate a texture that even words wound it.

Independence is earned by a few words of cheap confidence

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.

Everything in writing begins with language. Language begins with listening.

Only a few of us are going to be willing to break our own hearts by trading in the living beauty of imagination for the stark disappointment of words.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.

People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done.

Always remember, actions speak louder than words. No one's perfect, but we can all strive to be better people.