Word Quotes

Not a word passes between us, not because we have nothing to say, but because we don’t have to say anything.

An honest man’s word is as good as his bond.

Words are not that important when you recognize intentions.

I don’t want just words. If that’s all you have for me you’d better go.

Words create sentences; sentences create paragraphs; sometimes paragraphs quicken and begin to breathe.

Words can sometimes have a far greater effect on a heart than a kiss.

Words can lie. See beyond them.

Words can be like X-rays, if you use them properly-they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.

Words are vocal symbols for ideas; ideas, however, are more or less definite mental symbols for frequently returning and concurring sensations, for groups of sensations. It is not sufficient to use the same words in order to understand one another: we must also employ the same words for the same kind of internal experiences, we must in the end have experiences in common.[Worte sind Tonzeichen für Begriffe; Begriffe aber sind mehr oder weniger bestimmte Bildzeichen für oft wiederkehrende und zusammen kommende Empfindungen, für Empfindungs-Gruppen. Es genügt noch nicht, um sich einander zu verstehen, dass man die selben Worte gebraucht: man muss die selben Worte auch für die selbe Gattung innerer Erlebnisse gebrauchen, man muss zuletzt seine Erfahrung mit einander gemein haben.]

Words are mere sound and smoke, dimming the heavenly light.

Where words are scarce, they are seldom spent in vain.

We can best help you to prevent war not by repeating your words and following your methods but by finding new words and creating new methods.