Words Quotes
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One who is caught in thought loses one's original nature. All he knows are words and descriptions. When he sees the actual thing, he fails to perceive it.
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Keep thy smooth words and juggling homilies for those who know thee not.
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A translation is no translation, he said, unless it will give you the music of a poem along with the words of it.
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The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability. I can't worry about that.
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'Fine dining.' I'd love to know who coined the term and whether they meant it to be as offputting as it is. The words evoke an idea of phoney refinement, of needless flummery, snooty waiters, and an atmosphere designed to intimidate the customer.
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It was my idea that if you started any kind of business, you should begin somewhere near where you hoped to end. In other words, if I wanted to make really good clothes to order, I would start out making good, and therefore expensive, clothes to order. If I started making inexpensive clothes, I thought probably I'd die making them.
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'Refudiate,' 'misunderestimate,' 'wee-wee'd up.' English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it!'
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If you can make music with someone you don't need words. If you wish to be a writer, write.
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Food prices are often kept artificially high. The result is that the Millennium Development Goals set out by the United Nations at the start of the new millennium are not being reached. Fine words have not yet been turned into deeds.
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Flowers are words which even a baby can understand.
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Don't take many words to break a fragile heart!
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I definitely get nervous about if I'm going to forget the words to the songs or something. And I don't enjoy being the center of attention for an hour straight - I think that's really stressful.
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Some of the words that pop up on the show have had terrible connotations. But that's the beauty of 'Countdown.'
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I was at the front for thirteen months, and by the end of that time the sharpest perceptions had become dulled, the greatest words mean.
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You wish to put a positive construction on your deeds and words.
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To know the origin of words is to know the cultural history of mankind.
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What business, said Priscilla's look more plainly than any words, what business had people to walk into other people's cottages in such a manner? She stood quite still, and scrutinized Mrs. Morrison with the questioning expression she used to find so effective in Kunitz days when confronted by a person inclined to forget which, exactly, was his proper place. But Mrs. Morrison knew nothing of Kunitz, and the look lost half its potency without its impressive background. Besides, the lady was not one to notice things so slight as looks; to keep her in her proper place you would have needed sledge-hammers.
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Every picture paints a thousand words and that one said 'goodbye'
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I was terribly shy and never said anything in class. Then I started getting into school plays. When you've got words to say, you've got a sort of armour.
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Sometimes, all it takes is a few words to change your life.
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Jared, allow me to share with you my philosophy of human beings. It can be summed up in four words: I like good people.
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Words without action are like wheels without traction. It is how you live that counts.
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Everybody always tells you what an awesome and unique experience being a parent is. Words can never do the feeling justice.
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Too many words are the locusts of the mind, which darken the air of the understanding and eat up our meaning.
