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If there's one word that sums up everything that's gone wrong since the war, it's Workshop. After Youth, that is.
— Kingsley Amis
One is always wrong to open a conversation with the devil, for, however he goes about it, he always insists upon having the last word.
— Andre Gide
If loving the written word is wrong ... I don't want to be right!
— Junnita Jackson
Never let a temporary problem cause you to make a permanent wrong decision.
— Michelle Word Hollis
If I had to use a single word to describe what is fundamentally wrong with government today, I would use the word fraud.
— Robert Higgs
There's nothing wrong with it. It's only a word. What's in a name? Nothing! Cats say, "Call me Muhammed so-and-so. "
— Art Blakey
The right word at the right time will unlock the door to treasures - the wrong one will close it forever
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
You don't see many people crying over the wrong they do to God every time His word is neglected or when one willfully sins.
— Monica Johnson
The introduction of the word 'intuition' by a moral philosopher is always a signal that something has gone badly wrong with an argument.
— Alasdair MacIntyre
No word is absolutely wrong or dirty or insulting. It all depends upon context and intention.
— Janet Jackson
There's nothing wrong with the word conspiracy. It just means 'to breathe together'.
— Janeane Garofalo
Objective is the wrong word. Rather, it's fairness. Objectivity is a false God. Instead we should strive for fairness and transparency.
— Ken Auletta
I'm a total technophobe. What is wrong with paper and pen? I was delighted when I learnt the word 'Luddite,' as I thought it described me perfectly.
— Jasmine Guinness
The word "happy" had started to sound wrong in Darcy's head, like a random collection of Scrabble letters. "What about
— Scott Westerfeld
You are nothing but trouble."
If he'd meant to censure her, then he had the wrong girl. Trouble wasn't a dirty word when you were a Sweet. — Avery Flynn
If he'd meant to censure her, then he had the wrong girl. Trouble wasn't a dirty word when you were a Sweet. — Avery Flynn
It may sound corny, but what's wrong with wanting to fight for your country. Why are people reluctant to use the word patriotism?
— Jimmy Stewart
Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find.
— Peter Ustinov
The irrational will have its say, perhaps because 'irrational' is the wrong word for it.
— Robertson Davies
To find the right path, we first need to remember why we are on the wrong path. The reason can be put in one word: sin.
— Billy Graham
I do not choose the right word, I get rid of the wrong one.
— A.E. Housman
The thing that's wrong with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur
— George W. Bush
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
Breathing's difficult if you overthink the action, like staring at the word the for too long. Grows unnatural, bizarrely wrong.
— Lia Riley
Which word when pronounced right is wrong but if pronounced wrong is right? The word wrong.
— Phineas T. Gildersleeve
Zen: 'I kinda went about it all wrong last night, didn't I?
Melody: 'Kinda? It was a total fustercluck.'
— Megan McCafferty
Melody: 'Kinda? It was a total fustercluck.'
All other passions do occasional good; but when pride puts in its word everything goes wrong.
— John Ruskin
I think "immoral" is probably the wrong word to use ... I prefer the word "unethical."
— Ivan Boesky
If you spell a word wrong you have some temptation to think it wrong.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
I will thank you not to be impertinent," said Aunt Josephine, using a word which here means "pointing out that I'm wrong, which annoys me".
— Lemony Snicket
I just don't like the word 'fun'
it's like Volkswagen, or bell-bottoms, or patchouli-oil or bean-sprouts ... it rubs me up the wrong way. — Tom Waits
it's like Volkswagen, or bell-bottoms, or patchouli-oil or bean-sprouts ... it rubs me up the wrong way. — Tom Waits
Where I come from, one wrong look, one improper word, and blood is spilled. Where I come from, a woman's face is her husband's business only.
— Khaled Hosseini
Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.
— Stephen King
The word 'experienced' often refers to someone who's gotten away with doing the wrong thing more frequently than you have.
— Laurence Gonzales
Of course, I fail sometimes. Sometimes I get irritated. Occasionally I use a harsh word, but when I do, immediately I feel "Oh, this is wrong.
— Dalai Lama XIV
Conscience is merely our own judgment of the right or wrong of our actions, and so can never be a safe guide unless enlightened by the word of God.
— Tryon Edwards
You never require a teacher to lead you into the wrong path, but you do require a kindly word to conduct you aright.
— Charles Haddon Spurgeon
We do have freedom of speech, but if you say the wrong word, it looks like it makes headlines. So everybody has to be very careful.
— Joe Arpaio
In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong.
— Charles Dickens
Whisper a word in the wrong ear and before you knew it you'd be short a head.
— George R R Martin
The wrong word is like a lie jammed inside the story.
— Grace Paley
The word adventure has gotten overused. For me, when everything goes wrong - that's when adventure starts
— Yvon Chouinard
Second word is 'Nothing'. By the might of God Alec, when a woman says nothing is wrong, something is definitely fucking wrong.
— L.A. Casey
What's the matter with the world? Why, there ain't nothing but one word wrong with everyone of us, and that's selfishness.
— Will Rogers
I actually don't like this term, "classic." It's wrong, but we don't have a better word at the moment.
— Esa-Pekka Salonen
Who cares who's right or wrong when the last word is a kind apology?
— Richelle E. Goodrich