Word Quotes

Short lines built around the weight of a single word.

These quotes look at how one word can carry more than its dictionary entry suggests, including the idea that tolerance sometimes functions as a disguised form of indifference. Others note that everyday terms, like entrepreneur, arrived in English as borrowed language. For a lighter take on wordplay, see our Riddles page.

For hostile word let hostile word be paid.

Quotes by Aeschylus

The word which denotes the act of baptizing, according to the usage of Greek writers, uniformly signifies or implies immersion.

Quotes by Adoniram Judson

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I don't want to hear the word 'can't.'

Quotes by Abby Lee Miller

'Entrepreneur' is a French word.

Quotes by Xavier Niel

Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

William Shakespeare

I love the word 'resonance.'

Quotes by William Sanderson

Hearing the word is the devout receiving of the will of God.

Quotes by William Ames

Meaning is what essence becomes when it is divorced from the object of reference and wedded to the word.

Quotes by Willard Van Orman Quine

I don't take a scene or word for granted.

Quotes by Walton Goggins

Tolerance is another word for indifference.

Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham

I hate the word sexy.

Quotes by Ursula Andress

I think the word 'pregnant' is funny.

Quotes by Tracy Morgan

I'm reluctant to use the word class so much.

Quotes by Timothy West

For the beautiful word begets the beautiful deed.

Thomas Mann

The word Chivalry is derived from the French cheval, a horse.

Quotes by Thomas Bulfinch

Nobody ever invented a polite word for a killing yet.

Quotes by Thelma Ritter

Americans use the word 'dream' as often as psychoanalysts do.

Quotes by Terry Eagleton

I stick to my word.

Quotes by Tammy Abraham

Widow. The word consumes itself.

Sylvia Plath

I hate the word 'lesbian.'

Quotes by Syd

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