Quotes about Word, page 5

Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.

Quote by Charles Dickens about word

Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips.

Quote by Charles Dickens about word

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about word

We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski about word

It is a crime to put a Roman citizen in chains, it is an enormity to flog one, sheer murder to slay one: what, then, shall I say of crucifixion? It is impossible to find the word for such an abomination.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about word

The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about word

I don't know if I have a technique. I'm just trying to remember the words.

Quote by Dennis Farina about word

The British have slang words, as we do, but it was fun.

Quote by Dennis Farina about word

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one...

Quote by Paul Gauguin about word

Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is realistic. I see no line between the imaginary and the real.

Quote by Federico Fellini about word

They're my favorite two words these days: Oscar reject.

Quote by Linda Fiorentino about word

The English people, a lot of them, would not be able to understand a word of spoken Shakespeare. There are people who do and I'm not denying they exist. But it's a far more philistine country than people think.

Quote by Colin Firth about word

He wrote, You are a very good director, son, and I love you very much. Your dad. He had never used those words with me before. I passed that letter around the company. For without the company, the letter would never have been written.

Quote by Peter Fonda about word

I want to be on set and die hearing those words: Where's Peter?

Quote by Peter Fonda about word

The words are the same words that we use with a little different implementation.

Quote by Whoopi Goldberg about word

Moss Hart gave me advice. That advice was, When you step on stage the first time, speak your first words clearly. You can mumble the rest of the play, but the audience will be sure that they can hear you.

Quote by Peter Fonda about word

The word courage - God, I love that word. Words are so important to me.

Quote by Peter Fonda about word

I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today.

Quote by Gerald R. Ford about word

Speculation is only a word covering the making of money out of the manipulation of prices, instead of supplying goods and services.

Quote by Henry Ford about word

I won't mention the word tired. This is the 20th century and I can go around a little faster.

Quote by Geri Halliwell about word