Beth Revis Quotes

As soon as the words slip past my lips, I wish I could grab them with my hands and crush them in my fists. But I can’t. The words are there.

Beth Revis

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• We are obliged, therefore, to say that whoever speaks that which is foreign to religion is using many words, while he who speaks the words of truth, even should he go over the whole field and omit nothing, is always speaking the one word.

  

  Origen
  • Truth
  • Words
  • Religion

• You know, I have a lot of books on my iPad, but when I try to read them, I find myself wandering off to play games. Those are books I'm interested in. I can't imagine what would have happened to me in college if my biology class had been on the same computer as 'Words With Friends' and 'Doom.'

  

  Gail Collins
  • Friends
  • Words
  • College

• Few words in any language carry such a load of meaning as 'honor.' It is an old word, unchanged even in its spelling from classical Latin to modern English. Spoken or written, it does not seem to require much explanation; most people think they know what it means.

  

  Edmund Morgan
  • People
  • Words
  • English

• The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.

  

  Florence Scovel Shinn
  • Life
  • Game
  • Words

• The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.

  

  W. H. Auden
  • Death
  • Man
  • Words

• There is nothing cooler than to have them singing your words back to you. The last show I did, I was kind of nervous about putting the mic out there, because you're not sure how it's going to go. But I did, and they sang the whole chorus. I thought, 'Holy crap! That is the coolest feeling.' It's the biggest rush ever.

  

  RaeLynn
  • Words
  • Feeling
  • Singing

• Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.

  

  W. Clement Stone
  • Great
  • Man
  • Words

• I always assumed that everyone knew no country would ever be awarded a World Cup without pricey gifts exchanging hands under the tables.

  

  Rabih Alameddine
  • World
  • Country
  • Hands

• When we moved to England in 1986, I was ten years old and I didn't know anything about punk or hip hop. The only words I knew in English were 'dance' and 'Michael Jackson.' We got put in a flat in Mitchum, and the council gave us second hand furniture, second hand clothes and a second hand radio that I took to bed with me every night.

  

  M.I.A.
  • Night
  • Words
  • Hand

• Words are all we have.

  

  Samuel Beckett
  • Words
  • Communication

• I used to have a really big crush on Hayden Christensen.

  

  Mackenzie Rosman
  • Really
  • Crush
  • Big

• If in a country, most of the wealth is concentrated in the hands of the few, then this country can hardly witness harmony and stability.

  

  Wen Jiabao
  • Country
  • Hands
  • Wealth

• The winged words uttered in this House have gone forth to the world, on their mission of good or of evil.

  

  Caleb Cushing
  • World
  • Good
  • House

• Here's the thing: I was charming. Well read and well spoken. Observant and even kind. In other words, I was kind of a catch. And I knew this was true. As long as you couldn't see me. If you saw me, you'd think I was the sea cow that had swallowed your catch.

  

  Victor LaValle
  • Long
  • True
  • Words

• The truth of it is that every singer out there with songs on the radio is raising the next generation, so make your words count.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Truth
  • Words
  • Generation

• You don't have a soul; you are your own soul. In other words, you are not this book, your social security card, your body, or your mind. You are you.

  

  L. Ron Hubbard
  • Mind
  • Book
  • Soul

• It's important to recognize that forgiveness is more than mere words; it's a heart attitude that induces a spiritual transformation.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • Important
  • Heart
  • Words

• Many can argue that it is our power of intelligence that is the key to the human domination of our planet. I suggest that it is the ability to put our thoughts into words that can be communicated to others.

  

  Yehuda Berg
  • Power
  • Words
  • Thoughts

• There are intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no one has thought out, and which are excluded for lack of interpreters.

  

  Natalie Clifford Barney
  • Words
  • Thought
  • Without

• I'm actually one of the more reluctant celebrities you will ever meet.

  

  Jason Alexander

• When I went down to London in '67, I had three things in mind: To survive, to find peace of mind, and to make music doing it.

  

  Paul Rodgers Bad Company
  • Music
  • Mind
  • Peace

• People say that if you're still angry at 52, you're not an angry young man, just a grumpy old git.

  

  Paul Weller Incognito
  • People
  • Angry

• I had seen the photographs of Harlem in its glory days, stylish men in bespoke suits, women so well dressed that they'd put the models in 'Vogue' to shame. I knew that Harlemites loved to dance, to pray, and to eat.

  

  Marcus Samuelsson
  • Men
  • Women
  • Dance

• As soon as the words slip past my lips, I wish I could grab them with my hands and crush them in my fists. But I can’t. The words are there.

  

  Beth Revis
  • Words
  • Hands
  • Crush