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A man may break a word with you, sir, and words are but wind;
Ay, and break it in your face, so he break it not behind. — William Shakespeare

I hold that a man has as much right to spell a word as it is pronounced as he has to pronounce it the way it ain't spelled. — Josh Billings

In days gone by, a man's word was his bond. Today, fortunately, we have glue. — Lev L. Spiro

Growing up, I was taught a man's word is his bond. — Logan Mankins

If I Had To Sum Up In One Word The Qualities That Make Up A Good Manager, I'd Say Decisiveness. — Lee Iacocca

The wise man comes to God without saying a word and stands in awe of Him. — Francis Chan

Man only plays when he is in the fullest sense of the word a human being, and he is only fully a human being when he plays — Friedrich Schiller

Every brave man is a man of his word; to such base vices he cannot stoop, and shuns more than death the shame of lying. — Pierre Corneille

In a word, the woman first exists as a mother, and the man first exists as a son.10 — Erich Neumann

My father used to say that if a man fools you once, he's a jerk. If he fools you twice, you're a jerk. Only he didn't use the word "jerk." — Ellen Goodman

Morality is totally God's standard, and his standards and conditions are revealed to us through his written word, the Scriptures (The Bible). — Reid A. Ashbaucher

The uniform tenor of a man's life furnishes better evidence of what he has said or done on any particular occasion than the word of any enemy. — Thomas Jefferson

Plan your thoughts, think word-induced thoughts for a man is what he thinks ... think right — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

A man's word Is believed just to the extent of the wealth in his coffers stored. — Juvenal

A man's only as good as his word. — Rodd Thunderheart

I don't think any word can explain a man's life. — Orson Welles

Bill Gates is a very rich man today ... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions. — Dave Barry

A great man quotes bravely, and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word just as good. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The spoken word was the first technology by which man was able to let go of his environment in order to grasp it in a new way. — Marshall McLuhan

A man's word and his intestinal fortitude are two of the most honorable virtues known to mankind. — Jim Nantz

Ah, yes, divorce ... from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet. — Robin Williams

I pray-for fashion's word is out And prayer comes round again- That I may seem, though I die old, A foolish, passionate man. — William Butler Yeats

Describe snow to someone who's lived in the desert. Depict the colour blue for a blind man. Almost impossible to fashion the word. — Andrea Levy

A man without his word is not a man. — Ben Tolosa

An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up. - Proverbs 12:25 — Sue Birdseye

A word could cause a riot, ink could spell a man's death, and the Sidhe knew those weapons like the backs of their hands. Oh yes, they knew. — Stefan Bachmann

Retire? I don't know what that word means. As long as a man is able to work and he's productive out there and he feels good - keep at it. — Red Adair

Hey," Pavlicek held on, "what's the most bullshit word in the English language." "Closure." "Give that man a cigar," Pavlicek said, then hung up. — Harry Brandt

Pray you never face a good man, Vimes thought. He'll kill you with hardly a word. — Terry Pratchett

God produced great writing, a matter of first importance to a man like Lincoln, ever impressed with the nature of cause and forces. — Richard Brookhiser

If I ever see a man in a rug again, I'm not going to believe a single word he says! A man who lies about having hair will lie about anything. — Joanne Fluke

I am sure of this, that by going much alone a man will get more of a noble courage in thought and word than from all the wisdom that is in books. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Where is that man who has forgotten words that I may have a word with him? — Zhuangzi

Man in a word has no nature; what he has..is history. — Jose Ortega Y Gasset

He's a man, she thought, and the very word gave her s frisson, a lurch inside. — Louisa Young

I believe Jean-Marie Le Pen is a man of his word, and he will not go back on his words. — Marion Marechal-Le Pen

that deed and word should be in accord, that a man should be equal to himself under all conditions, and always the same. — Seneca.

A wise man hears one word and understands two. — Anonymous

Only a very dull man spells a word the same way twice. — Albert Einstein

A word writ doon can hang a man — Terry Pratchett

Man is a talking animal and he will always let himself be swayed by the power of the word. Machines won't change human nature. — Simone De Beauvoir

Religion is only another word for the right use of a man's whole self, instead of a wrong use of himself. — Henry Ward Beecher

The only future we count is the time and the moments we can take a breath and leave a word for the future coming generations. — Auliq Ice

A man who is swayed by negative emotions may have good enough intentions, may be truthful in word, but he will never find the Truth. — Mahatma Gandhi

Man's disposition voluntarily so inclines to falsehood that he more quickly derives error from one word than truth from a wordy discourse. In — John Calvin

I do not dislike him. I consider him, on the contrary, as a very respectable man, who has everybody's good word and nobody's notice ... — Jane Austen

The word 'truth' applies to a man's dignity. — Simon Soloveychik

Charity may be a very short word, but with its tremendous meaning of pure love, it sums up man's entire relation to God and to his neighbor. — Aelred Of Rievaulx

Words spoken cannot be recalled, and many a man and many a woman who has spoken a word at once regretted, are far too proud to express that regret. — Anthony Trollope

It is foolish to play with God, he is not a man, God's laws do not change and His word is steadfast — Sunday Adelaja

Never trust a man who won't accept that there is more than one way to spell a word
Paraphrased — Thomas Jefferson

In a word, they failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions. — Aldous Huxley

Gratitude is a fool's word; we find it in the dictionary, but it is not in the heart of man. — Honore De Balzac

There is Indian time and white man's time. Indian time means never looking at the clock ... There is not even a word for time in our language. — Mary Brave Bird

All work of man is as the swimmer's: a vast ocean threatens to devour him; if he front it not bravely, it will keep its word. — Thomas Carlyle

A man isn't as good as his word, he's as good as his Actions. — James Miller

The real meaning of the word paranoia is
a man or person who has the ability to link events that seemingly are not connected. — John Coleman

If a man's word isn't any good, he's no good himself. — Wilson Rawls

Switzerland is one of the few countries in the world where a man's word is still his bond. — Paulo Coelho

I am much less interested in what is called God's word than in God's deeds. All bibles are man-made. — Thomas A. Edison

Knowing Master Huckaback to be a man of his word, as well as one who would have others so, I was careful to be in good time the next morning ... — R.D. Blackmore

One man's 'magic' is another man's engineering. 'Supernatural' is a null word. — Robert A. Heinlein

Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can have a word with him? — Zhuangzi

Every comforting word is a command from a man of action ...
While every word of command is commotion from a man of just words ... — Sujit Lalwani

The Word of God gives power, authority and abundant life to a man. — Sunday Adelaja

Now why should there be a special word for a man with dark skin? There was no special word for a man with blue eyes, or large ears, or curly hair. — Isaac Asimov

I am a man of my word ... and that word is unreliable. — Demetri Martin

In the service, when a man gives you his word, his word is binding. In politics, you never know. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Are you, monsieur, a man of your word?"
"It really depends upon the word," Magnus said. "There are so many wonderful words ... — Cassandra Clare

John is a man of his word. And so am I. — Bruce Irvin

I'm completely cricketed out. If I never have to write another word about cricket again, I'll be a happy man. — Joseph O'Neill

A man who believes the word of a donkey in preference to my word does not deserve to be lent anything. — Idries Shah

Indeed. I have often thought that when a man selects one word over another he often reveals far more of himself than he intended. — Mark Hodder

Do I need any more proof? Strange. Little. Man. Officially proven." "You got one word right. I'm definitely a man. I'm all man, baby. — James Dashner

There was word that a Secret Service man and a Dallas policeman were dead - so the plot must be widespread. — Jim Bishop

a man's word must be as good as an oath sworn beneath the Light or it was no good at all. — Robert Jordan

[N]o language has ever had a word for a virgin man. — Will Durant

A cold word from a cold man sends shivers throughout my body but my heart remains warm — Sonya Watson

I am a man of my word. — Aleatha Romig

Upon my word," thought Mrs. Fisher, "the way one pretty face can turn a delightful man into an idiot is past all patience. — Elizabeth Von Arnim

The man who has truly believed in his heart ... his life will be marked by a biblical confession of Christ in word and deed. — Paul Washer

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad. — Solomon

Young as I was, I still wondered what kind of man this was who, with one leg bandaged, could quell a room full of rough men with a look or a word. — Robin Hobb

The sun was like a word written between the sea and the sky, a word that was swallowed up by the sea before any man had time to read it. — Stella Benson

For one word a man is often deemed to be wise, and for one word he is often deemed to be foolish. We should be careful indeed what we say. — Confucius

Equity knows no difference of sex. In its vocabulary the word man must be understood in a generic, and not in a specific sense. — Herbert Spencer

Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays. — Friedrich Schiller

Daddy's the only man I know," he said softly, "who cares as much about giving his word to a black as to a white. — Octavia E. Butler

I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart. — Moliere

Not by one's word but by one's actions can you really get to know a man. — Dani Kollin

Every woman, hell, every man should be a feminist, that is the only way to render this word obsolete. — Aysha Taryam

By whomsoever no evil is done in deed, or word, or thought, him I call a Brahmin (holy man) who is guarded in these three. — Gautama Buddha

You should never trust a man who has only one way to spell a word. — Mark Twain

In a word, a man's success depends on feminine support. — Mariama Ba

The virtue of man is, in a word, the great proof of God. — Ernest Renan

We use the word "respect" to mean something a women shows a man, but not often something a man shows a woman. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Consider carefully before you say a hard word to a man, but never let a chance to say a good one go by. Praise judiciously bestowed is money invested. — George Horace Lorimer

Oh my God," he said. "A kind word from Rose Hathaway. I can die a happy man. — Richelle Mead

A wise man nourishes his soul each morning with the word of God and enriches his day with God's wisdom. Psalm 19:7. — Felix Wantang

Every man of courage is a man of his word. — Pierre Corneille