Vocabularies are crossing circles and loops. We are defined by the lines we choose to cross or to be confined by.
— A.S. ByattContrary to what is generally believed, meaning and sense were never the same thing, meaning shows itself at once, direct, literal, explicit, enclosed in itself, univocal, if you like, while sense cannot stay still, it seethes with second, third and fourth senses, radiating out in different directions that divide and subdivide into branches and branchlets, until they disappear from view, the sense of every word is like a star hurling spring tides out into space, cosmic winds, magnetic perturbations, afflictions.
— José SaramagoIt has always been my custom to treat words with respect. I can recall the time...When I knew words would be my life's work.
— Margaret EdsonGood communication has just a little to do with eloquence. It's character that makes it more successful. Harsh words nicely articulated are sharp enough to kill your brand!
— Israelmore AyivorWhen writing for the page, the focus is on the design - how the words appear on the page. I try to make it as direct and simple as possible.
— Rupi KaurThe truth of a myth, your Honor, is not its words but its patterns.
— David MitchellDads. Do your faces light up when you first see your child in the morning or when you come home from work? Do you not understand that a child’s entire sense of value can revolve around what they see in your face when you first see them?
— Dan PearceThe rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words.
— Marcus Tullius CiceroHuman suffering has been caused because too many of us cannot grasp that words are only tools for our use.The mere presence in the dictionary of a word like 'living' does not mean it necessarily has to refer to something definite in the real world.
— Richard DawkinsPeople with vision sees opportunity where there is problem. They see money not problem.
— Patience Johnson