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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.

Language, philosophy, and science are interwoven into the design of words, which are manipulated to create surprising illusions.

Quotes by John Langdon

Shakespeare's words paint pictures in glorious colour in my language. They were written by a man whose use of words fits exactly into Xhosa.

Quotes by John Kani

I don't begin a novel or a screenplay until I know the ending. And I don't mean only that I have to know what happens. I mean that I have to hear the actual sentences. I have to know what...

Quotes by John Irving

Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with words they understand the ideas they stand for.

Quotes by John Henry Newman

I spend a lot of my time just looking at words and grammar and writing things down that I don't know.

Quotes by John Grant

For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.

Quotes by John Greenleaf Whittier

Businesses have to make gestures that go beyond words. Persuasion no longer works.

Quotes by John Gerzema

Talking, talking. Spinning a web of words, pale walls of dreams, between myself and all I see.

Quotes by John Gardner

We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words.

Quotes by John Fowles

Deed, not words shall speak me.

Quotes by John Fletcher

All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words 'Ich bin ein Berliner!'

Quotes by John F. Kennedy

But in the finished art of the song the use of words has no connection with the use of words in poetry.

Quotes by John Drinkwater

Poetry is the communication through words of certain experiences that can be communicated in no other way.

Quotes by John Drinkwater

There can be no proof that Blake's lyric is composed of the best words in the best order; only a conviction, accepted by our knowledge and judgment, that it is so.

Quotes by John Drinkwater

We recognise in the finished art, which is the result of these conditions, the best words in the best order - poetry; and to put this essential poetry into different classes is impossible.

Quotes by John Drinkwater

In other words, I think that if an audience listens to something as an experience of how in tune it is or something of that kind, that the whole point is somehow being missed, and the music has failed.

Quotes by John Eaton

We don't teach kids how to feel, we don't give them the words to go by.

Quotes by John Denver

Just as a flower which seems beautiful and has color but no perfume, so are the fruitless words of the man who speaks them but does them not.

Quotes by John Dewey

In the modern presidency, the Chief Executive is expected to respond to anxious national moments with words that stabilize the country. President Trump chose a different route. He did not give a stirring speech of unity or create a national...

Quotes by John Dickerson

My first interaction with Gene was that after I auditioned I walked out of the room and then this big guy walks out with me, and he puts his hand on my shoulder and he says, 'You make my words...

Quotes by John de Lancie

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.