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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.

Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.

Quotes by Izaak Walton

After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.

Quotes by J. A. Konrath

However much you knock at nature's door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words.

Quotes by Ivan Turgenev

I am neither a writer nor a theorist. For a person who creates things to utter too many words means to regulate himself - a frightening prospect.

Quotes by Issey Miyake

I write by hand, making many, many corrections. I would say I cross out more than I write. I have to hunt for words when I speak, and I have the same difficulty when writing.

Quotes by Italo Calvino

A few words of Hindi appear here or there, but it's all Urdu. I feel that if the popular culture, which is what Hindi films are, uses Urdu, it's not going to diminish.

Quotes by Ismail Merchant

Once I realised that my job as a model was to emote in front of the camera, I thought, 'Well now, I just have to add words, and I can do films.' But also, my success as a model made...

Quotes by Isabella Rossellini

Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.

Quotes by Isaac Bashevis Singer

The ultimate goal of therapy... it's too hard a question. The words come to me like tranquility, like fulfillment, like realizing your potential.

Quotes by Irvin D. Yalom

Words should have the power to inform and to move, not the power to send people scurrying away. But if you attach that much emotional energy to a word, it gives people the power to hurt each other.

Quotes by Irvine Welsh

Ancient, woman-centered words and beliefs never, like, fall off the planet. Having long done taken on a life of their own, they - like womankind - evolve, and survive. Chameleon style.

Quotes by Inga Muscio

Words outlive people, institutions, civilizations. Words spur images, associations, memories, inspirations and synapse pulsations. Words send off physical resonations of thought into the nethersphere. Words hurt, soothe, inspire, demean, demand, incite, pacify, teach, romance, pervert, unite, divide. Words be powerful.

Quotes by Inga Muscio

Grown-ups and children are not readily encouraged to unearth the power of words. Adults are repeatedly assured a picture is worth a thousand of them, while the playground response to almost any verbal taunt is 'Sticks and stones may break...

Quotes by Inga Muscio

Some people read. I like to put words together.

Quotes by Iman Shumpert

When I first arrived in the country, I really didn't speak much of the language. I knew two words coming here, and they were 'Hello' and 'Shut up.'

Quotes by Ilhan Omar

I always felt really alone because no one wanted to talk about the things that I enjoyed, and that was really rap music and hip-hop as a culture. You know, having the shoes, using the words, buying the magazines, seeing...

Quotes by Iggy Azalea

Making a donation is the ultimate sign of solidarity. Actions speak louder than words.

Quotes by Ibrahim Hooper

I don't quite know how to put it into words, but I feel for the audience that I have; I know them.

Quotes by Idina Menzel

What you compose with is neither here nor there, you compose with words, or you compose with stone plants and trees, or you compose with events; the Sheriff's officer, or whatever.

Quotes by Ian Hamilton Finlay

I was jailed for using words that I still dispute. Anyone who's ever met me will tell you that I'm not a violent person.

Quotes by Ian Brown

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.