Quotes about Words

“Words are all we have.”

“Words are loaded pistols.”

“By words the mind is winged.”

“Words are the money of fools.”

“Words of love, are works of love.”

“All words are pegs to hang ideas on.”

“Words are the small change of thought.”

“All words are part true and part false.”

“Every spoken word arouses our self-will.”

“Words are alive; cut them and they bleed.”

“When ideas fail, words come in very handy.”

“A word once uttered can never be recalled.”

“A single word often betrays a great design.”

“A word too much always defeats its purpose.”

“Eating words has never given me indigestion.”

“A wise man hears one word and understands two.”

“Strong words are required for weak principles.”

“The words of the world want to make sentences.”

“I have never been hurt by what I have not said.”

“Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.”

“Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.”

“A word from the mouth is like a stone from a sling.”

“To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.”

“All our words from loose using have lost their edge.”

“How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.”

“Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.”

“Words can be like baseball bats when used maliciously.”

“Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality.”

“Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.”

“What do you call a boomerang that doesn't work? A stick!”