Words Quotes
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Words have a lot of power.
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It's always music first, or melody and words together, but never words first.
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I had thought that words were instruments of precision. Now I know that they devour the world, leaving nothing in its place.
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They were words that came out of nothing, but they seemed to him somehow significant. He muttered them over again.
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Some of my reactions are very Nigerian. I still believe that words are things.
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Where otherwise words were, flow discoveries, freed all surprised out of the fruit’s flesh.
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It's not that I don't like words. There's sometimes no need for words.
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I mean, the paradox is that whereas the screen, it seems to me - the cinema can absorb endless amounts of music, it cannot really with comfort absorb large amounts of words. Not nearly as many words, that is to say, as a stage can.
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Even writers need relief from words.
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True words seem false.
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... but as has been said, September read often, and liked it best when words did not pretend to be simple, but put on their full armor and rode out with colors flying.
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No man can afford to express, through words or acts, that which is not in harmony with his own beliefs, and if he does so, he must pay by the loss of his ability to influence others.
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I think Dr. King, if he were alive today, he wouldn't disrespect the flag or the anthem; he would use his words and his voice to send a message for positive change.
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I begin already to weigh my words and sentences more than I did, and am looking about for a sentiment, an illustration, or a metaphor in every corner of the room. Could my Ideas flow as fast as the rain in the Storecloset it would be charming.
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Wrapped around my son with only the knowledge of the words of the world & a quiet remembrance of watching before this all began.
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I learn a lot; what I learn cannot be expressed in words.
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It definitely sharpened my interest in language, the way people used language, slang words, speech patterns. There's a big advantage to being the outsider.
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She’d been in America almost three years now, but she still wasn’t used to it, the same language sure, but they had different words for everything; she’d learned that a scone was a biscuit, that sidewalk meant a pavement, and that autumn was fall.
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You don't need words to express feelings.
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I wanted to feel those words in my mouth as I spoke them aloud. Words could be like food—they felt like something in your mouth. They tasted like something. “My brother is in prison.” Those words tasted bitter.
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My job is to bring to life the character, not to put the words on the paper.
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The essence of faith is fewness of words and abundance of deeds.
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It took me years to understand that words are often as important as experience, because words make experience last.
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All kids are born geniuses, but are crushed by society.
