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
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How often misused words generate misleading thoughts. Herbert Spencer
How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.WordsQuotations by Herbert Spencer
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
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
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
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 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
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 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
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 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
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
You can stroke people with words. Source Unknown
You can stroke people with words.WordsQuotations by Source Unknown
Good words are worth a thousand pictures. Source Unknown
Good words are worth a thousand pictures.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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Look wise say nothing and grunt, speech was given to conceal thought. Sir William Osler
Look wise say nothing and grunt, speech was given to conceal thought.Speakers and SpeakingQuotations by Sir William Osler
Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself. Blaise Pascal
Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself.Speakers and SpeakingQuotations by Blaise Pascal
There is danger when a man throws his tongue into high gear before he gets his brain a-going. C. C. Phelps
There is danger when a man throws his tongue into high gear before he gets his brain a-going.Speakers and SpeakingQuotations by C. C. Phelps
Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound. Peace Pilgrim
Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound.Speakers and SpeakingQuotations by Peace Pilgrim
One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness. Harold Pinter
One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.Speakers and SpeakingQuotations by Harold Pinter
The first evil those who are prone to talk suffer, is that they hear nothing. Plutarch
The first evil those who are prone to talk suffer, is that they hear nothing.Speakers and SpeakingQuotations by Plutarch
They talk most who have the least to say. Matthew Prior
They talk most who have the least to say.Speakers and SpeakingQuotations by Matthew Prior
Speak when you are spoken to. Proverb
Speak when you are spoken to.Speakers and SpeakingQuotations by Proverb
Talking without thinking is like shooting without taking aim. Proverb
Talking without thinking is like shooting without taking aim.Speakers and SpeakingQuotations by Proverb
The less people think the more they talk. Proverb
The less people think the more they talk.Speakers and SpeakingQuotations by Proverb
Speak little and to the purpose. Proverb
Speak little and to the purpose.Speakers and SpeakingQuotations by Proverb
Speak and the man shall be shown. Proverb
Speak and the man shall be shown.Speakers and SpeakingQuotations by Proverb
The words of tongue should have three gate keepers. Arabian Proverb
The words of tongue should have three gate keepers.Speakers and SpeakingQuotations by Arabian Proverb
To climb a tree to catch a fish is talking much and doing nothing. Chinese Proverb
To climb a tree to catch a fish is talking much and doing nothing.Speakers and SpeakingQuotations by Chinese Proverb
A closed mouth catches no flies. French Proverb
A closed mouth catches no flies.Speakers and SpeakingQuotations by French Proverb
A good speaker makes a good liar. German Proverb
A good speaker makes a good liar.Speakers and SpeakingQuotations by German Proverb
Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding. German Proverb
Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding.Speakers and SpeakingQuotations by German Proverb
When at a loss how to go on, cough. Greek Proverb
When at a loss how to go on, cough.Speakers and SpeakingQuotations by Greek Proverb