Quotes about Words (page 2)

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“I have never developed indigestion from eating my words.”
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“There's no sentence that's too short in the eyes of God.”
Words
“Words from the thread on which we string our experiences.”
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“On a single winged word hath hung the destiny of nations.”
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“Like an arrow to its mark flies the word good man's word.”
— Platen
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“There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.”
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“If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.”
Words
“Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party.”
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“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”
Words
“I don't give a damn for man that can spell a word only one way.”
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“If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?”
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“Give the people a new word and they think they have a new fact.”
Verified"Four Letters: Escapism" (1936) · evidenceWords
“Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men.”
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“Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs.”
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“A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.”
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“Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.”
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“The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.”
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“It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.”
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“Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.”
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“Words are tools which automatically carve concepts out of experience.”
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“When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.”
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“The safest words are always those which bring us most directly to facts.”
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“Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.”
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“The two most beautiful words in the English language are: ''Check Enclosed.''”
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