life quotes about Words Quotes

As much good-will may be conveyed in one hearty word as in many.

Oh, nameless things. Things which sound very silly when they are put into words.

What was the use of doing great things if I could have a better time telling her what I was going to do?

If he had been a small child she might have taken him in his arms to erase the words.
As it was, there was nothing to be done, and the words had to stay, wounding both of them.

"Courtesy of tongue," said Rowena, "when it is used to veil churlishness of deed, is but a knight's girdle around the breast of a base clown."

The written word and the hidden thought—how they conflict!

Words are wind, even words like love and peace. I put more trust in deeds.

Everywhere, words are mixing. Words and lyrics and dialogue are mixing in a soup that could trigger a chain reaction. Maybe acts of God are just the right combination of media junk thrown out into the air. The wrong words collide and call up an earthquake. The way rain dances called storms, the right combination of words might call down tornadoes. Too many advertising jingles commingling could be behind global warming. Too many television reruns bouncing around might cause hurricanes. Cancer. AIDS.