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word-coining genius, as if thought plunged into a sea of words and came up dripping.
View quotes by Virginia WoolfThe word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'
View quotes by Larry HardimanThe word 'freedom' means for me not a point of departure but a genuine point of arrival. The point of departure is defined by the word 'order'. Freedom cannot exist without the concept of order.
View quotes by Prince MetternichA synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.
View quotes by Burt BacharachIn comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
View quotes by Pliny The ElderOur language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.
View quotes by Paul TillichLanguage... has created the word 'loneliness' to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word 'solitude' to express the glory of being alone.
View quotes by Paul TillichThe word 'civilization' to my mind is coupled with death. When I use the word, I see civilization as a crippling, thwarting thing, a stultifying thing. For me it was always so. I don't believe in the golden ages, you see... civilization is the arteriosclerosis of culture.
View quotes by Henry MillerThe most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It's inflammatory.
View quotes by Tennessee WilliamsThe word 'conservative' is used by the BBC as a portmanteau word of abuse for anyone whose views differ from the insufferable, smug, sanctimonious, naive, guilt-ridden, wet, pink orthodoxy of that sunset home of the third-rate minds of that third-rate decade, the nineteen-sixties.
View quotes by Norman TebbitA swear-word in a rustic slum
A simple swear-word is to some,
To Masefield something more.
View quotes by Max BeerbohmI never use the word 'nation' in speaking of the United States. I always use the word 'Union' or 'Confederacy.' We are not a nation but a union, a confederacy of equal and sovereign States.
View quotes by John CalhounI think "immoral" is probably the wrong word to use... I prefer the word "unethical." [on his style of business]
View quotes by Ivan BoeskyI'm very excited with this team because they are 'playerish' - if there is such a word - they love to play [making up a word about his team]
View quotes by Arsene Wenger'It is by no means enough that an officer be capable...He should be a gentleman of liberal education, refined, manners, punctilious courtesy, and the nicest sense of personal honor... No meritorious act of a subordinate should escape his attention, even if the reward be only one word of approval. Conversely, he should not be blind to a single fault in any subordinate.'
View quotes by John Paul JonesOn Christina Aguilera: She couldn't be in the Kittens, no way! Not with those outfits. Her stylist wants to have a word.
View quotes by Liz McLarnonBut the father answered never a word,
A frozen corpse was he.
from 'The Wreck of the Hesperus'
View quotes by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowI'm shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I've done everything I can to avoid it.
View quotes by Johnny DeppShe's safe just like I promised. She's all set to marry Norrington just like she promised, and you get to die for her just like you promised... So we're all men of our word really... except Elizabeth who is, in fact a woman. - Pirates of the Caribbean
View quotes by Johnny Depp'I've got a black woolen hat and it's got PERVERT written across the front of it. It's the name of the clothing label. And I was with my wife and my baby at the supermarket and I didn't think. I just put my hat on Clara's head, because it was cold. And the looks. I couldn't figure out why I was getting death looks. And then I realized my 10-month old baby's wearing a hat with the word pervert written on it and these people were like, 'There's Satan! There's Satan out with his kid!' And then I made a point of her wearing it every time we went there.'
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