- Nov 07, 2020
Words Quotes
Words carry more weight than we plan for.
This set spans the everyday and the pointed - a playful warning about overusing absolute words like "always" and "never," and a reminder that English still has more words than any one person can hold in their head. Related reading in Good Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.
- Happens
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hence it happens that one takes words for concepts, and concepts for the things themselves.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is really hard to completely re-learn how to express yourself without using words. When you take away speech, you have to re-invent the way you express yourself. You have to exaggerate your body language and your facial expressions.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the rules of a language are followed, words usually make sense. But these very rules can stir the impulse to rebel. We're obliged to keep trying to convey meaning through correct sentences. After a while, the good-soldier rigidity of polished prose can begin to seem dull, and it gets harder to resist the temptation of nonsense.
- Lie
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- Nov 07, 2020
How wonderful it would be to scatter words as they rise to consciousness, to let them lie where they fall.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best liars lie with their eyes rather than with their words. This might put writers at a disadvantage.
- Bump
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm really such a bumbler! Writing fiction is like arranging furniture in a dark room. I can't see what I'm doing. I grope for the right words. I bump against the wrong words and stumble and stub my toe and curse and keep trying to guess what belongs in the space.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we read about reading, we get to share an experience that is usually kept private. Incisive descriptions of reading help us to understand what is going on when our eyes move across words on the page.
- Bird
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- Nov 07, 2020
Big Bird was the biggest star, I mean, children's favorite for a number of years. I have a 22-year-old granddaughter whose first words were 'Big Bird.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020