WORDS QUOTES V

quotations about words

Words are a pretty fuzzy substitute for mathematical equations.

ISAAC ASIMOV

Foundation and Empire

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Words were too clumsy, sometimes; treacherous, too, always trying to twist around and mean something slightly different.

K. J. PARKER

Evil for Evil


There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words.

THOMAS REID

Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man

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Words are the least reliable purveyor of Truth.

NEALE DONALD WALSCH

Conversations with God

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After all is said and done, more is said than done.

AESOP

Aesop's Fables

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There are some things for which three words are three too many, and three thousand words that many words too less.

WILLIAM FAULKNER

Absalom, Absalom!

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What so wild as words are?

ROBERT BROWNING

A Woman's Last Word

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Words have not the color of the rose
Nor the beauty of the morn!

EDWIN CURRAN

"The Depths of Love"


Words can only hurt you if you try to read them. Don't play their game!

BEN STILLER

Zoolander


Whether they are growls of anger, the laughter of happiness or cries of sadness, humans pay more attention when an emotion is expressed through vocalisations than we do when the same emotion is expressed in speech. It takes just one-tenth of a second for our brains to begin to recognise emotions conveyed by vocalisations, a study said. The researchers believe that the speed with which the brain 'tags' these vocalisations and the preference given to them compared to language, is due to the potentially crucial role that decoding vocal sounds has played in human survival.

EDITOR

"We are better at detecting laughter than words", Z News, January 19, 2016


All of life in its complexity and beauty is forever minted in the gold of words.

YEVGENY ZAMYATIN

We

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The proof of battle is action, proof of words, debate.

HOMER

The Iliad

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Language is a symbolic resource and words are rarely neutral. Given the many possibilities for using language to define, trivialise or make people and groups invisible, it should come as no surprise that linguistic intervention as one way to help build more inclusive societies has a long history.

LIA LITOSSELITI

"Use gender-sensitive language or lose marks, university students told", The Guardian, April 2, 2017


Through words we come to know the other person--and to be known. This knowing is at the heart of our deepest longings for intimacy and connection with others. How relationships unfold with the most important people in our lives depends on courage and clarity in finding voice.

HARRIET LERNER

The Dance of Connection

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Truly speech has wonderful strength and power, that through a mere word, proceeding out of the mouth of a poor human creature, the devil, that so proud and powerful spirit, should be driven away, shamed and confounded.

MARTIN LUTHER

"Of God's Word", Table Talk

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Last words are only words.

CORMAC MCCARTHY

Suttree

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Words in the head are like voices underwater. They are distorted.

JEANETTE WINTERSON

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

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One mild word ... will quench more heat than a bucket of water.

JOHN THORNTON

Maxims and Directions for Youth

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The words of God are deeds.

EDWARD COUNSEL

Maxims


Words of the jargon sound as if they said something higher than what they mean.

THEODOR W. ADORNO

Jargon of Authenticity