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I've rarely said the word "Lord," unless it's followed by "of the Rings. — A. J. Jacobs

Success is not a romantic word, it's an ugly world. — Bangambiki Habyarimana

My old school in Liverpool is now a performing-arts school, and I kind of teach there - I use the word lightly - but I go there and talk to students. — Paul McCartney

Some say once a word is said it's dead. I say it just begins to live that day. — Emily Bronte

Perhaps the greatest lesson which the lives of literary men teach us is told in a single word* Wait! — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Expectation is the dirtiest word in a traveler's vocabulary. — John Early

Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one. — Baltasar Gracian

The People, though we think of a great entity when we use the word, means nothing more than so many millions of individual men. — James Bryce

A word of advice, if I may? Explosions are an excellent way to kill the undead. But you should probably take a few steps back first, kid. — Heather Brewer

Work should be for all of us a word as honorable and appealing as patriotism. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

I have an object, a task, let me say the word, a passion. The profession of writing is a violent and almost indestructible one. — George Sand

It's a beautiful word. If is a key to any locked door. — Deb Caletti

Hide' isn't a word we like to use," Cassaway said. "'Perform alternative tasks' is the preferred term. — John Scalzi

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

What? It was a good word. Like a rock in a river, sticking up to let you land on it, so you could make your way across the flow. — Patricia A. McKillip

The prophetic word was never meant to be a trophy. It was meant to be a weapon. — Jacob Peterson

A harsh word breaks the heart. A kind word can sooth the savage beast. A word never spoken can bury a burden or save a relationship. — J. Loren Norris

If you protest, if you think that death is a terrible thing, then you have not understood a word I've said. Farewell, hello, farewell, hello. — Kurt Vonnegut

There were differences never to be mended, a word or an act never to be forgiven, a barrier never to be washed away. — Alice Munro

Tempo ... now there's a big word. — Barry Venison

The word "dreadful," even when used three times in a row, did not seem like a dreadful enough word to describe everything that had happened. — Lemony Snicket

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

You might be a redneck if your birth announcement included the word rug rat. — Jeff Foxworthy

E-I-E-I-O is actually a gross misspelling of the word farm. — George Carlin

He didn't say a word or do an action that did not have a purpose — Bill Clinton

Insane is such an ugly word, a voice in my head said. Think of it as obtaining a new look at reality. — Richelle Mead

I have to use the word 'insurgent' because I can't think of a better word right now. — Peter Pace

It's better to use a curse word than to hurt somebody else, I find. — Marilyn Manson

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

I'm a feminist because I believe in women ... it's a heavy word, feminism, but it's not one I think we should run from. I'm proud to be a feminist. — Sheryl Sandberg

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

But who is ever able to apply to her own current love affair a word like "similar"? — Joan Wickersham

People do judge books by their covers; it's human nature. They react to the way you look before they hear a single word that comes out of your mouth. — Jeff Garvin

MERCY. It was a word she'd rarely encountered — Michel Faber

I use the word nursing for want of a better. — Florence Nightingale

Akasha is a Sanskit word for "primary substance" which pertains the quality of light in a person's spiritual and physical senses. — Hema Malini

I am certain that the safest way to defend your character is never to say a word about it. — Charles Spurgeon

And probably is a word whose weight is incalculable. — Haruki Murakami

As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave. — Solomon Ibn Gabirol

Those who achieve great things are the ones willing to be scared but not scared off. If you dream big and take risks, impossible becomes just a word. — Richard Branson

So what? Few men, Miles reflected, lived so comfortably within the confines of a two.word personal philosophy. — Richard Russo

Nobody has any business to use the word "progress" unless he has a definite creed and a cast-iron code of morals. — G.K. Chesterton

Using the word weird implies that there is a norm. — Robyn Hitchcock

Change is not a four letter word ... but often your reaction to it is! — Jeffrey Gitomer

Though we've talked and talked and talked, we've all agreed not to say a word. — J.D. Salinger

It didn't matter anyway ... he wasn't made for peace, he couldn't believe in it. Heaven was a word: hell was something he could trust. — Graham Greene

A good ruler has to learn his world's language, and that's different for every world, the language you don't hear just with your ears. — Frank Herbert

Poetry is not a waiting room where one stays overnight ... every word is war. — Rolf Dieter Brinkmann

The link between my experience as an entrepreneur and that of a politician is all in one word: freedom. — Silvio Berlusconi

Home?' I say. It's a word that can mean anywhere and nowhere. — Lauren DeStefano

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

Boy, those Germans have a word for everything! — Homer

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

I didn't feel the aimed word hit and go in like a soft bullet — Unknown

It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using. — Marlee Matlin

The word "happy" had started to sound wrong in Darcy's head, like a random collection of Scrabble letters. "What about — Scott Westerfeld

Civilization - a word that simply means "living in cities ... "
Excerpt From: Standage, Tom. "A History of the World In 6 Glasses. — Tom Standage

You do not get peace by shouting: Peace. Peace is a meaningless word; what we need is a glorious peace. — Napoleon Bonaparte

When your thoughts are fastened to the Word of God, you are involved in a form of meditation, and the truth will both keep and sustain you. — Marilyn Hickey

There is a pause, while she turns the great pages of her volume of rage, and puts her finger on just the right word. — Hilary Mantel

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

I looked up the word "scandal" in my dictionary last night. No wonder there has been such a fuss. — Paula M. Hunter

Do not give a war cry, do not raise your voices, do not say a word until the day I tell you to shout. Then shout! — Joshua

A single word has sometimes lost or won an empire ... — Cardinal Richelieu

Smell is a word, perfume is literature. — Jean-Claude Ellena

An intentional object is given by a word or a phrase which gives a description under which. — G. E. M. Anscombe

Blusterous -- adj. a word used to describe those Atmospheric Conditions in which one's ears are adversely affected {and possibly one's house}. — A.R. Melrose

I had a million questions to ask life, and they were all answered by one word: love. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Promise me that no matter what you hear, you won't go off on your own to investigate. I want your word. There's a command in his voice, soft as it is. — Amie Kaufman

Stubborn isn't a word I would use to describe myself; pigheaded is more appropriate. — Michael Bloomberg

There should be a word for this feeling: spectacularity or burstsomeness. — Emery Lord

Religion! O Diabole! Fie, I am asham'd, however that I seem, To think a word of such simple sound, Of such great matter should be made the ground. — Christopher Marlowe

Entertainment has a bad name ... The word wears spandex, pasties, a leisure suit studded with blinking lights. — Michael Chabon

Should is a futile word. It's about what didn't happen. It belongs in a parallel universe. It belongs in another dimension of space. — Margaret Atwood

Okay, I got one word to ask you, a one word question, ready? — Bill Hicks

In Classical Greek the word pathos was the same for both suffering and experience. Those Greeks knew a good joke when they heard one. — Peter Straub

Our contemporary Tories prefer the term 'ordered liberty' to 'freedom'. The word 'freedom' scares them; it has too much of a paleolithic ring to it. — Edward Abbey

When you hear a word, think about it, no matter how dull it sounds! Because on the second thought, it may sound very clever! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Life is Most Important in Life is The Most important Truth in Life. Any word, thought, or action that disagrees must be a lie. — David Wishengrad

Prolific irony - For 8 years, the finger on the button that could end the world belonged to a president who couldn't pronounce the word nuclear. — T. Rafael Cimino

Making knots. Making knots. No word. Making knots. Tick-tock. This is a clock. Do not think of Gale. Do not think of Peeta. Making knots. — Suzanne Collins

for Ellie to have a word with you. Help you make up your mind.' The — Boyd Brent

Sometimes it feels as though happiness is just a word people say to hide the despair of not knowing anything. — Michael Gilbert

A soul, therefore, when deprived of the Word of God, is given up unarmed to the devil for destruction — John Calvin

History is a big word ... History is not the sort of animal you can domesticate. — Antonio Tabucchi

I suspected there would be a good-size crowd once the word got out about my hanging. — George W. Bush

It is a higher glory ... to stay war itself with a word, than to slay men with the sword, and to procure or maintain peace by peace, not by war. — Augustine Of Hippo

Perfection is the absolute right word. And you could never ruin it," she said in a low, calm voice. "Not when it was perfect because of you. — Laura Kaye

People who have monsters recognize each other. They know each other without even saying a word. — Benjamin Alire Saenz

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

Women love the last blow as well as the last word, and when they fight for love they are pitiless as a wounded buffalo. — H. Rider Haggard

The animals have no need for speech, why talk when you are a word. — Margaret Atwood

Being proud of something is a very tricky word and I sometimes think it has a bad connotation. I don't feel proud, I feel grateful. I'm lucky. — David Canary

Endemic is a very hard, a very wide ranging word. I also have to be very careful not to prejudice the course of justice that is taking place now. — Rupert Murdoch

A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper. — E.B. White

Nothing is more unbecoming to a teacher of the Word than flippancy. He must be serious and should not act like a clown. — Martin Luther

I can't imagine you not saying a word," said Marcus."I think you'd go crazy first. — Dan Wells

'Success' is a seductive word. Thousands of books have been written on the subject. They promise money, freedom, leisure, and luxury. — Joseph B. Wirthlin

If you say the word amnesty - the 'A-word,' so to speak - it's DOA. If there's even a hint of amnesty in my district, it's dead on arrival. — Randy Weber

A word to the wise is sufficient — Plautus