Word Quotes

When I was a teenager in the late 30's and early 40's, electronics wasn't a word. You were interested in radio if you were interested in electronics.

What I want the Congress of the United States to do, and frankly what I would like to see the President of the United States of America do, is speak a word of support to the people of Iran.

The word "happiness" would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.

Well, I am not afraid of the word 'liberal.'

I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way - I hope it never will.

In a society in which equality is a fact, not merely a word, words of racial or sexual assault and humiliation will be nonsense syllables.

I got to see the first step, hear the first word. Most people - and certainly working moms - are not able to do that. I wanted to appreciate the fact that I had worked so hard all my life to be able to have those moments.

The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.

In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.

'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.'

My goal is to spread the word about the need for more blood donors.

I've a problem with the word charity because I think that NGOs, as I prefer calling them, really do take the work of moral and social responsibilities that ought to be taken on by governments.

The hack songwriter will write the absolute truth every single word, whether it makes a great song or not.

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

I think the word soul has gotta come into it. Music that's created just for consuming lacks that soul, that swing, that feeling.

Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's gone, gone forever.

Shah is a kind of magic word with the Persian people.

An artist, in my understanding of the word, should side with the people against the Emperor that oppresses his or her people.

In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word "frustration".

To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.

A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.

The key word about The West Wing is show. It is not a reality show. It has nothing to do with reality.

Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!

All human language draws its nature and value from the fact that it both comes from the Word of God and is chosen by God to manifest himself. But this relationship is secret and incomprehensible, beyond the bounds of reason and analysis.

For as long as I can remember, I have been passionately intrigued by 'Africa,' by the word itself, by its flora and fauna, its topographical diversity and grandeur; but above all else, by the sheer variety of the colors of its people, from tan and sepia to jet and ebony.

The word of God is full of sad and grave counsel, full of the knowledge of God, of examples of virtues, and of correction of vices, of the end of this life, and of the life to come.

If Britney would paint her ass green, I'm sure you could spot green asses all over LA as soon as the word was out.

And, finally, as a Republican, I believe it is important to keep our word and keep our covenant, and that is exactly what we should do with the Wright amendment today.

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.

I think, on a larger note, that filmmakers and studios should start to tuck it in a little bit, because films wouldn't have the pressure they have if the word wasn't out about how expensive they were.