Quotes about word
words-of-wisdom speech earnest
A word in earnest is as good as a speech. Charles Dickens
words-of-wisdom crowds noise
Anything that makes a noise is satisfactory to a crowd. Charles Dickens
words-of-wisdom surprise me-alone
Surprises, like misfortunes, seldom come alone. Charles Dickens
words-of-wisdom littles captains
Captain Cuttle, like all mankind, little knew how much hope had survived within him under discouragement, until he felt its death-shock. Charles Dickens
words-you-say
The words you say never live up to the words in your head. Chris Cornell
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It was enough just to sit there without words. Louise Erdrich
words-of-wisdom causes obvious
The simplest and most obvious cause which can there be assigned for any phenomena, is probably the true one. David Hume
words-of-kindness peace-justice refuse
I will not refuse to do the something I can do. Edward Everett Hale
words-of-wisdom desire use
Do you know at this very moment you are surrounded by eternity? And do you know that you can use that eternity if you so desire? Carlos Castaneda
words-of-wisdom cheerful poor
Can you suppose there's any harm in looking as cheerful and being as cheerful as our poor circumstances will permit? Charles Dickens
words-of-wisdom records trials
Have I yet to learn that the hardest and best-borne trials are those which are never chronicled in any earthly record, and are suffered every day! Charles Dickens
words-of-wisdom classic trifles
Trifles make the sum of life. Charles Dickens
words-of-wisdom said being-true
Everybody said so. Far be it from me to assert that what everybody says must be true. Everybody is, often, as likely to be wrong as right. Charles Dickens
words-of-wisdom taoism sound
"What's that?" the Unbeliever asked. "Wisdom from the Western Taoist,"I said. "It sounds like something from Winnie-the-Pooh ," he said. "It is," I said. "That's not about Taoism," he said. "Oh, yes it is," I said." Benjamin Hoff
words-you-speak news way
When you are thrown onto the stage at 17 in such an enormous way, it becomes living on the edge because every step you take, every word you speak, every action you do becomes headline news. And it became, for me, life or death. Boris Becker
word
Without such a Life, the Word as to the letter is dead. Emanuel Swedenborg
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In my dictionary, and everyone's dictionary in the 1970s, the word 'queer' did mean strange and unusual. There was no slur to it.
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Shocked. Only word I can say. That's it: shocked.
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We didn't use the word love, but it was pretty warm. It was something more than cordial. Joe Torre
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We have so many disagreements, I know you're not going to take me at my word on anything.
words-of-wisdom starting metaphysics
Metaphysics involves intuitive knowledge of unprovable starting-points concepts and truth and demonstrative knowledge of what follows from them. Aristotle
words-of-wisdom
... the science we are after is not about mathematicals either none of them, you see, is separable. Aristotle
words-of-wisdom deals subjects
... a science must deal with a subject and its properties. Aristotle
words-of-wisdom principles substance
... There must then be a principle of such a kind that its substance is activity. Aristotle
words-of-wisdom principles movement
...The entire preoccupation of the physicist is with things that contain within themselves a principle of movement and rest. Aristotle
words-of-wisdom causes principles
It is clear, then, that wisdom is knowledge having to do with certain principles and causes. But now, since it is this knowledge that we are seeking, we must consider the following point: of what kind of principles and of what kind of causes is wisdom the knowledge? Aristotle
words-of-wisdom action human-nature
Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature can not be changed Abraham Lincoln
wordsworth poet admire
But Wordsworth is the poet I admire above all others. Andrew Motion
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When you see the word devil, you think evil.
words
Never use big words where a diminutive one will suffice.
word work
On one day of the week, I relax - which is not true, I work furiously on other things. 'Relax' is not a word to me. Philippe Petit
words
One thing you can give and still keep is your word.
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The atheistic idea is so nonsensical that I cannot put it into words. Lord Kelvin