Words Quotes
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Words are much better at relating emotions and thoughts.
Yann Martel
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That's you now, hello, ciao.Seems that life is great now.See me lose focus, as I sing to you loud.I can't, no, I won't hush.I'll say the words that make you blush.I'm gonna sing this now.See, I'm true, my songs are where my heart is.
Ed Sheeran
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I love classical music and have been playing violin since I was seven. Music helps me to express feelings in a way words often cannot.
Jane Chen
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Bob Dylan has a way with words that simply blows me away. When he forgets his lyrics he just makes up new ones on the spot, that is what I called talented!
Gavin Rossdale Bush
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How can you just throw words around like grieve and heal and mourn?
Alanis Morissette
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Men substitute words for reality and then argue about the words.
Edwin Armstrong
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I always say that I'm an artist who works with pictures and words, so I think that the different aspects of my activity, whether it's writing criticism, or doing visual work that incorporates writing, or teaching, or curating, is all of a single cloth, and I don't make any separation in terms of those practices.
Barbara Kruger
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Praying without ceasing is not ritualized, nor are there even words. It is a constant state of awareness of oneness with God.
Peace Pilgrim
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I'm not really one for fancy, big words and poetry, and the scriptwriters worked very hard on 'Paradise Lost' to translate it.
Callan McAuliffe
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Love is about all the changes you make, and not just three small words.
Frank Turner
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The music is the main thing and it's just as easy to write acceptable words.
Bill Haley Bill Haley & His Comets
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If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.
Fran Lebowitz
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It would be like describing colors to someone blind from birth: The words might be understood, but the concept would remain mysterious and private.
Nicholas Sparks
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Hate came in a maelstrom, and we called it several things—racism, pedophilia, justice, righteousness—but all those words were just ribbons and wrapping paper on a soiled gift that no one wanted to open.
Dennis Lehane
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I can see the music. I know what it looks like. I know what color it is. The words come easy, the tears come easy, and the joy comes easy. The music tells you what to do.
Mary J. Blige
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I feel if some kid has sat down and felt I'm important enough to write two pages of words to and take up a lot of his valuable time, then he deserves a few words back, or even a phone call as I have done on a few occasions.
Jim Dale
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We are in a degenerate state of self-government. In fact, even to use the words self-government, is not only an exaggeration, it's a lie. It's a big lie!
Jerry Brown
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I must have been 3 years old or less, and I remember paging through these comics, trying to figure out the stories. I couldn't read the words, so I made up my own stories.
Daniel Clowes
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'Right' and 'wrong' aren't words a linguist uses.
Deborah Tannen
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I've never been so star struck in my life as when I met President Obama and Bill Clinton... and at the same time, no less! I'm not one to be at a loss for words, and that was a moment when I really was speechless. It was a big, big night.
Megan Hilty
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Readers want to visualize your story as they read it. The more exact words you give them, the more clearly they see it, smell it, hear it, taste it. Thus, a dog should be an 'Airedale,' not just a 'dog.' A taste should not be merely 'good' but 'creamy and sweet' or 'sharply salty' or 'buttery on the tongue.'
Nancy Kress
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There is a tendency to underestimate the power of what we can do without words. Sometimes you can make a scene even more powerful and precise without dialogue.
Mads Mikkelsen
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The novelist is required to open his eyes on the world around him and look. If what he sees is not highly edifying, he is still required to look. Then he is required to reproduce, with words, what he sees.
Flannery O'Connor
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I believe that writers have a responsibility to evolve the language, whether by introducing new words or new usages. Shakespeare alone is responsible for something like 3400 words and phrases.
Adam Mansbach