Don’t be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first. Brooks Atkinson
Don’t be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.WorkQuotations by Brooks Atkinson
Year: 2008
Something made greater by ourselves and in turn that makes us greater. Maya Angelou
Something made greater by ourselves and in turn that makes us greater.WorkQuotations by Maya Angelou
There’s no sentence that’s too short in the eyes of God. William Zinsser
There’s no sentence that’s too short in the eyes of God.WordsQuotations by William Zinsser
If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know? Steven Wright
If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?WordsQuotations by Steven Wright
The word-coining genius, as if thought plunged into a sea of words and came up dripping. Virginia Woolf
The word-coining genius, as if thought plunged into a sea of words and came up dripping.WordsQuotations by Virginia Woolf
A new word is like a fresh seed sewn on the ground of the discussion. Ludwig Wittgenstein
A new word is like a fresh seed sewn on the ground of the discussion.WordsQuotations by Ludwig Wittgenstein
Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination.WordsQuotations by Ludwig Wittgenstein
One forgets words as one forgets names. One’s vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die. Evelyn Waugh
One forgets words as one forgets names. One’s vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die.WordsQuotations by Evelyn Waugh
Words are men’s daughters, but God’s sons are things. Izaak Walton
Words are men’s daughters, but God’s sons are things.WordsQuotations by Izaak Walton
The 500 most commonly used words have an average of 28 meanings each. Source Unknown
The 500 most commonly used words have an average of 28 meanings each.WordsQuotations by Source Unknown
Political correctness is simply a speed bump in the traffic of truth, free thought and speech. Source Unknown
Political correctness is simply a speed bump in the traffic of truth, free thought and speech.WordsQuotations by Source Unknown
Please God, make my words today sweet and tender, for tomorrow I may have to eat them. Source Unknown
Please God, make my words today sweet and tender, for tomorrow I may have to eat them.WordsQuotations by Source Unknown
It is with a word as with an arrow — once let it loose and it does not return. Source Unknown
It is with a word as with an arrow — once let it loose and it does not return.WordsQuotations by Source Unknown
One thing you can give and still keep is your word. Source Unknown
One thing you can give and still keep is your word.WordsQuotations by Source Unknown
Good words are worth a thousand pictures. Source Unknown
Good words are worth a thousand pictures.WordsQuotations by Source Unknown
You can stroke people with words. Source Unknown
You can stroke people with words.WordsQuotations by Source Unknown
Why do social workers use five-syllable words when dealing with juvenile delinquents? Source Unknown
Why do social workers use five-syllable words when dealing with juvenile delinquents?WordsQuotations by Source Unknown
The written word can be erased — not so with the spoken word. Source Unknown
The written word can be erased — not so with the spoken word.WordsQuotations by Source Unknown
When I look at you, the wheels of time stand still vs. Your face could stop a clock Source Unknown
When I look at you, the wheels of time stand still vs. Your face could stop a clockWordsQuotations by Source Unknown
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. Mark Twain
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.WordsQuotations by Mark Twain
I don’t give a damn for man that can spell a word only one way. Mark Twain
I don’t give a damn for man that can spell a word only one way.WordsQuotations by Mark Twain
The last thing a political party gives up is its vocabulary. Alexis De Tocqueville
The last thing a political party gives up is its vocabulary.WordsQuotations by Alexis De Tocqueville
Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure. Edward Thorndike
Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.WordsQuotations by Edward Thorndike
The volatile truth of our words should continually betray the inadequacy of the residual statement. Henry David Thoreau
The volatile truth of our words should continually betray the inadequacy of the residual statement.WordsQuotations by Henry David Thoreau
Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them. Adlai E. Stevenson
Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.WordsQuotations by Adlai E. Stevenson
Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party. Joseph Stalin
Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party.WordsQuotations by Joseph Stalin
How often misused words generate misleading thoughts. Herbert Spencer
How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.WordsQuotations by Herbert Spencer
It is with words as with sunbeams — the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. Robert Southey
It is with words as with sunbeams — the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.WordsQuotations by Robert Southey
It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds. William Shakespeare
It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.WordsQuotations by William Shakespeare
A word too much always defeats its purpose. Arthur Schopenhauer
A word too much always defeats its purpose.WordsQuotations by Arthur Schopenhauer
Words are loaded pistols. Jean-Paul Sartre
Words are loaded pistols.WordsQuotations by Jean-Paul Sartre
To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired. George Santayana
To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.WordsQuotations by George Santayana
A man says what he knows, a woman says what will please. Jean Jacques Rousseau
A man says what he knows, a woman says what will please.WordsQuotations by Jean Jacques Rousseau
What you keep by you, you may change and mend but words, once spoken, can never be recalled. Earl of Roscommon
What you keep by you, you may change and mend but words, once spoken, can never be recalled.WordsQuotations by Earl of Roscommon
Words are the small change of thought. Jules Renard
Words are the small change of thought.WordsQuotations by Jules Renard
Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins. Jules Renard
Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins.WordsQuotations by Jules Renard
There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words. Thomas Reid
There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words.WordsQuotations by Thomas Reid
A single word often betrays a great design. Jean Racine
A single word often betrays a great design.WordsQuotations by Jean Racine
Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things. Dan Quayle
Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.WordsQuotations by Dan Quayle
A wise man hears one word and understands two. Yiddish Proverb
A wise man hears one word and understands two.WordsQuotations by Yiddish Proverb