words Quotes

I speak a number of languages, but none are more beautiful to me than English.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.

I sympathize with politicians who have to watch every syllable they utter for fear it will be misused by somebody with an agenda.

I think the written word is probably the best medium of communication because you have time to reflect, you have time to choose your words, to get your sentences exactly right. Whereas when you're being interviewed, say, you have to talk on the fly, you have to improvise, you can change sentences around, and they're not exactly right.

Anybody who has something sensible or worthwhile to say should be able to say it calmly and soberly, relying on the words themselves to convey his meaning, without resorting to yelling.

I'm afraid the Internet is filled with people using really very intemperate language.

Words are not trivial. They matter because they raise consciousness.

Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.

We are nauseated by the sight of trivial personalities decomposing in the eternity of print.