3,439 Quotes About Words

Feelings are not controllable," I retorted, "They are not thoughts or words. They are invisible emotions you cannot control no matter how bad you try.

Iron turns red when it corrodes, and copper turns green. Meat turns to maggots, and thoughts turn to speech.

My usual instruction to students when they are preparing to write their examinations is "think before you answer the questions". I am convinced that some multiple choice answers could be so close that you might not know the very one that answers the question correctly! Such is life. To choose your suitable dreams, you must think well!

An author is like a jeweller, with words as their gemstones and imagination the precious metals.

words make some unique ; words destroy some

Don't get so lost in their words. Pay attention to their actions

I saw a stop sign, and it occurred to me that just as no one expects a stop sign to stop a car, I shouldn’t expect words to substitute for experience. That’s not their job, although words certainly can be misused in that way. The job of words is to direct us toward experience, to round out experience, to facilitate experience, and to give us ways to share at least pale shadows of that experience with those we love. And the job of words is to help us learn to be — and act — human.

I reserve the right to not to be addressed...at all; my thoughts should not be interrupted with your words.

Thoughts can be easily expressed by words but feeling are very hard to express with words.