Short quotations about, words - Page 5

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Words — so innocent and powerless …

14 Feb , 2011  

Words — so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them. Great short quote and quotation by: Nathaniel Hawthorne , US author (1804 – 1864)

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Aeschylus

Words are the physicians of the min…

14 Feb , 2011  

Words are the physicians of the mind diseased. Great short quote and quotation by: Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound , Greek tragic dramatist (525 BC – 456 BC)

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Words can be like baseball bats whe…

14 Feb , 2011  

Words can be like baseball bats when used maliciously. Great short quote and quotation by: Sidney Madwed ,

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Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.

Words calculated to catch everyone …

14 Feb , 2011  

Words calculated to catch everyone may catch no one. Great short quote and quotation by: Adlai E. Stevenson Jr., speech to Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Illinois, July 21, 1952 , US diplomat & Democratic politician (1900 – 1965)

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Rudyard Kipling

Words are, of course, the most powe…

14 Feb , 2011  

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. Great short quote and quotation by: Rudyard Kipling , British (Indian-born) author (1865 – 1936)

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Aldous Huxley

Words form the thread on which we s…

14 Feb , 2011  

Words form the thread on which we string our experiences. Great short quote and quotation by: Aldous Huxley, unknown , English critic & novelist (1894 – 1963)

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Slogan of the Tupamaros

Words divide us, actions unite us….

14 Feb , 2011  

Words divide us, actions unite us. Great short quote and quotation by: Slogan of the Tupamaros ,

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Unknown

Words lead to deeds…. They prepar…

9 Sep , 2010  

Words lead to deeds…. They prepare the soul, make it ready, and move it to tenderness. Great short quote and quotation by: Unknown , Quotations by unknown authors

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Pindar, Nemean Odes

Words have a longer life than deeds…

9 Sep , 2010  

Words have a longer life than deeds. Great short quote and quotation by: Pindar, Nemean Odes , Greek lyric poet (522 BC – 443 BC)

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Words ought to be a little wild for…

9 Sep , 2010  

Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assaults of thought on the unthinking. Great short quote and quotation by: John Maynard Keynes , English economist (1883 – 1946)

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William Cowper

Words learned by rote a parrot may …

9 Sep , 2010  

Words learned by rote a parrot may rehearse; but talking is not always to converse, not more distinct from harmony divine, the constant creaking of a country sign. Great short quote and quotation by: William Cowper , English poet & translator (1731 – 1800)

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John Maynard Keynes

Words ought to be a little wild for…

9 Sep , 2010  

Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assaults of thought on the unthinking. Great short quote and quotation by: John Maynard Keynes , English economist (1883 – 1946)

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