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Words Quotes

Words carry more weight than we plan for.

This set spans the everyday and the pointed - a playful warning about overusing absolute words like "always" and "never," and a reminder that English still has more words than any one person can hold in their head. Related reading in Good Quotes.

Call him wise whose actions, words, and steps are all a clear because to a clear why.

Quotes by Sara Teasdale

I think my characters are more wish fulfillments than they are mirrors. They see things I don't and live in a world I can only enter through words.

Quotes by Sarah Addison Allen

That's what us northern people do don't we? Don't mince our words, just say it how it is.

Quotes by Sara Davies

The written word can be powerful and beautiful - but films transport us to another place in a way that even the most evocative words never can.

Quotes by Saoirse Ronan

The women in my family are all super-emotional. The catchphrase in our family is 'Listen to my words, not my tears.'

Quotes by Sara Bareilles

Dance is a universal language which allows you to express yourself without words and I think that is why everyone is so enamoured by dance.

Quotes by Sanjeeda Sheikh

The people inside the company, generally two to three levels down, they know best what's wrong and how to fix it. It's just that their voices aren't being heard. I listen for words, tonality, and language.

Quotes by Sandra E. Peterson

I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; - poetry = the best words in the best order.

Quotes by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

Quotes by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I mean I think children love the idea that there are different viewpoints and different words for things and different worlds. And the more that they pretend to be other people, the harder it is for them to hate them...

Quotes by Samuel West

Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.

Quotes by Samuel Richardson

The little words in the Republic of Letters, like the little folks in a nation, are the most useful and significant.

Quotes by Samuel Richardson

All I know is what the words know, and dead things, and that makes a handsome little sum, with a beginning and a middle and an end, as in the well-built phrase and the long sonata of the dead.

Quotes by Samuel Beckett

Words are all we have.

Quotes by Samuel Beckett

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

Quotes by Samuel Butler

Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.

Quotes by Samuel Daniel

The one I tell everyone, the one I'm very, very proud of is 'Call Me Irresponsible.' Simply because I want to say and it's not as facetious as it sounds. It has five syllable words in it.

Quotes by Sammy Cahn

How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!

Quotes by Samuel Adams

It is convenient to distinguish the two kinds of experience which have thus been described, the experienc-ing and the experienc-ed, by technical words.

Quotes by Samuel Alexander

Years of cooking have taught me that the harder a flour is, the 'thirstier' it is. In other words, harder flours tend to have a greater capacity to absorb water than their softer counterparts.

Quotes by Samin Nosrat

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these quotes about 'words' share?
They touch on advice about the words "always" and "never," admiration for Shakespeare's vocabulary, a warning phrased as "mark my words," and a careful, deliberate approach to public statements.
Is there a quote warning against absolute words like 'always' and 'never'?
Yes. One quote wryly notes, "Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use" - a playful, self-contradicting piece of advice about avoiding absolutes. For more witty lines, see Like quotes.
Is there a quote about Shakespeare's influence on vocabulary?
Yes - one speaker credits Shakespeare with teaching them "that there are more words in the English language than I have got in my head." For more thoughtful reflections, browse Good quotes.
Is there a quote about holding a politician accountable?
Yes. One quote warns that if a national legislature does not "hold Obama accountable, he and his radical cohorts will destroy the tree of liberty," ending with "Just mark my words." It's presented here simply as the speaker's own stated warning. For more on strong convictions, see Life quotes.
Is there a quote about choosing words carefully in public?
Yes - one speaker explains that because anything they say might be "blasted out in public," they "measure my words incredibly carefully because of the scrutiny" they're under. For more on thoughtful communication, see Love quotes.

A few quotes here also touch on political conviction and the discipline required when every public word gets scrutinized. Explore more in Life Quotes or Like Quotes.