No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. - Henry Adams
Our words are, as a general rule, filled by the people to whom we address them with a meaning which those people derive from their own substance, a meaning widely different from that which we had put into the same words when we uttered them. - Marcel Proust
Stealing someone else’s words frequently spares the embarrassment of eating your own. - Peter Anderson
Stones decay, words last. - Samoan Proverb
Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full. - Horace
The clear and simple words of common usage are always better than those of erudition. The jargon of the philosophers not seldom conceals an absence of thought. - Andre Maurois
The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion. - Frank Herbert
The right word is always a power, and communicates its definiteness to our action. - George Eliot
The same words come from each mouth differently. - Jane Hirshfield
The word ‘meaningful’ when used today is nearly always meaningless. - Paul Johnson
The words of the language, as they are written or spoken, do not seem to play any role in my mechanism of thought. - Albert Einstein
The written word has this advantage, that it lasts and can await the time when it is allowed to take effect. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There are occasions when the simplest and fewest words surpass in effect all the wealth of rhetorical amplification. - George Henry Lewes
There are some things for which three words are three too many, and three thousand words that many words too less. - William Faulkner
There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words. - Thomas Reid
Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another. - Napoleon Hill
Through words we come to know the other person – and to be known. This knowing is at the heart of our deepest longings for intimacy and connection with others. How relationships unfold with the most important people in our lives depends on courage and clarity in finding voice. - Harriet Lerner
To reason with poorly chosen words is like using a pair of scales with inaccurate weights. - Andre Maurois
Too many words cheapened the value of a man's speech. - Patricia Briggs
We allow words to obscure the interpretation of the deeper meaning. - Stephen Young
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out. - Winston Churchill
Weigh words, don't count 'em. - Ken Alstad
What a pity it is that there are so many words! Whenever one wants to say anything, three or four ways of saying it run into one's head together; and one can't tell which to choose. It is as troublesome and puzzling as choosing a ribbon ... or a husband. - Julius Charles Hare
When the first emperor wanted to unify the country, one of the major policies was to create one system of written signs. By force, brutal force, he eliminated all the other scripts. One script became the official script. All the others were banned. And those who used other scripts were punished severely. And then the meanings of all the characters, over the centuries, had to be kept uniform as a part of the political apparatus. So from the very beginning the written word was a powerful political tool. - Ha Jin
When you doubt between two words, choose the plainest, the commonest, the most idiomatic. Eschew fine words as you would rouge: love simple ones, as you would native roses on your cheeks. - Julius Charles Hare
When ideas fail, words come in handy. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wicked words are the prelude to wicked deeds. - Samuel Richardson
With words, I could build a world I could live in. I had a very dysfunctional family, and a very hard childhood. So I made a world out of words. And it was my salvation. - Mary Oliver
Word – that invisible dagger. - Emil Cioran
Words are but the shining garments of Thought. - Edwin Leibfreed
Words are like keys. If you choose them right, they can open any heart and shut any mouth. - Unknown
Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think. - Sartre
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