Words Quotes

• Meanwhile, among all its countless other effects upon human culture, Starglider had brought to its climax a process that was already well under way. It had put an end to the billions of the words of pious gibberish with which apparently intelligent men had addled their minds for centuries.

  

  Arthur C. Clarke
  • Men
  • Culture
  • Intelligent

• The endless cycle of idea and action, / Endless invention, endless experiment, / Brings knowledge of motion, but not of stillness; / Knowledge of speech, but not of silence; / Knowledge of words, and ignorance of The Word.

  

  T. S. Eliot
  • Knowledge
  • Action
  • Ideas

• A mother defends herself with a heart filled with love before doing so with words. I wonder whether there is any love for the church in the hearts of those who pay so much attention to the scandals.

  

  Pope Francis
  • Heart
  • Mother
  • Attention

• I try to find out what there is in the character that in a way, you can't put into words. If I could put it into words, then it wouldn't be a performance. And if I do put it into words, as I play it, I start to get boxed in by those words.

  

  Alan Alda
  • Character
  • Performance
  • Find Out

• We can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures.

  

  Jennifer Granholm
  • Words
  • Sacrifice
  • Gratitude

• Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.

  

  Tacitus
  • Words

• Anyone who ever spoke to me would know I would never say the words 'get hitched' nxt time do ur research.

  

  Lady Starlight
  • Time
  • Knows
  • Research

• I think picture books should stretch children. I think they should be full of wonderful, amazing words.

  

  Jane Yolen
  • Children
  • Amazing
  • Picture

• Words can't even describe how much Olympic medals means to me, because of all the hard work, sacrifice and effort I put in at the gym, and also because of how much my family supported me and sacrificed their dreams for mine. It also means a lot to me, knowing that I became the first African American to win the individual all-around gold medal.

  

  Gabby Douglas
  • Work
  • Family
  • American

• I would be miserable if I went to bed without having written 1,000 words about something.

  

  Max Hastings
  • Words

• And the old horror of being a professional writer, and the usual stench of words that goes with it, is begining to drive me out of my seat. (Buddy)

  

  J. D. Salinger
  • Professional
  • Horror
  • Seats

• I met Prince William at a musical festival and he let me know he was a fan of my music. But the invitation to sing at his wedding reception came completely out of the blue. The fact that Kate and William knew the words to my songs was very touching.

  

  Ellie Goulding
  • Music
  • Song
  • Blue

• I like to think that I know a lot of words, but I definitely don't know all of them.

  

  Elif Batuman
  • Words

• Were I asked to focus the New Testament message in three words, my proposal would be ADOPTION THROUGH PROPITIATION, and I do not expect ever to meet a richer or more pregnant summary of the gospel than that.

  

  J. I. Packer
  • Focus
  • Adoption
  • Would Be

• You either believe in Europe at any price: in other words we have to be in Europe at any price because you can't survive without it, or you don't. If you don't it tends to suggest there is a price which you are not willing to pay.

  

  Liam Fox
  • Believe
  • Pay
  • Price

• Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture what motherhood means to me, particularly given my medical history.

  

  Anita Baker
  • History
  • Words
  • Motherhood

• I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.

  

  Jeffrey Archer
  • Done
  • Words

• Music can describe emotions far more accurately than words ever can. As soon as I realised that, I knew music was where I wanted to be.

  

  John Joseph Lydon
  • Music
  • Words

• To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.

  

  Epictetus
  • Life
  • Words
  • Thoughts

• What's the shelf life of a 1931 movie? If it still exists, there will always be film buffs and a niche audience who will want to see it. But in terms of people even understanding in common usage, some of the words we use to describe these movies, I don't know how long that's going to last.

  

  Joe Dante
  • People
  • Life
  • Long

• In the English language, I can love my car, or my house, or my daughter, or traveling, but in Greek and how I grew up, love is described with different words.

  

  Yiannis Chryssomallis
  • Up
  • Different
  • House

• Rap music's been around for too long now to be inspirational. The words are, but the music isn't.

  

  Alexander McQueen
  • Music
  • Long
  • Inspiration

• When the Bible uses the words salvation, Savior, and save, it's speaking of the total work of God in bringing people from a state of death - hopeless separation from God - to a state of everlasting life through the forgiveness of sin, based on the merits of Christ Jesus who died and rose again. Saving us is the greatest and most concrete demonstration of God's love, the definitive display of His grace throughout time and eternity.

  

  David Jeremiah
  • People
  • Life
  • Time

• If one believes that words are acts, as I do, then one must hold writers responsible for what their words do.

  

  Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Words

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