Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words. – Wally Lamb
The time will come, without my seeking it, that my words will almost serve as law. If I ask a certain thing, it will be done. If I don’t want something, it will not be done. – Sun Myung Moon
There are words which are worth as much as the best actions, for they contain the germ of them all. – Sophie Swetchine
It is convenient to distinguish the two kinds of experience which have thus been described, the experienc-ing and the experienc-ed, by technical words. – Samuel Alexander
In this age of omniconnectedness, words like ‘network,’ ‘community’ and even ‘friends’ no longer mean what they used to. Networks don’t exist on LinkedIn. A community is not something that happens on a blog or on Twitter. And a friend is more than someone whose online status you check. – Simon Sinek
I realized little by little that words are very powerful, and taking those words to encourage people rather than tear them apart was the desire of my heart. – Tracie Peterson
The suffragettes were women of action. Their motto was ‘Deeds not Words,’ and the film reflects that with a number of big set pieces, from the smashing of windows in central London to a riot at the Houses of Parliament. – Sarah Gavron
Initial reports are encouraging. In the end of the day, it’s going to be deeds, not words, that matter. – Stephen Hadley
We look to the history of the time of framing and to the intervening history of interpretation. But the ultimate question must be, what do the words of the text mean in our time. – William J. Brennan, Jr.
The intricacies, the problems, the trials and tribulations in relationships inspire me to give words to people’s journeys. – Umera Ahmad
The two words, in the American lexicon, are never good. Pink slip. The first time I ever heard it when I was young was when Kaiser Steel handed out pink slips to many of my neighbors and relatives. Layoffs were about efficiency, sales figures for raw materials or refrigerators. – Susan Straight
Reality does not easily give up meaning; it’s the biographer’s job to clobber it into submission. You’re meant not only to tame it but to extract substance, to identify cause and axiomatic effect. You subsist on the tactical omissions, the hollow words, the oddly unconnected dots. – Stacy Schiff
We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys. – William Arthur Ward
No matter how many or how few people you have reporting to you, you must remember that as you climb higher in the ranks, your words will be taken as commands even if you’re just thinking out loud. – Simon Sinek
The artist deals in what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words. – Ursula K. Le Guin
Chaos magic is the idea that a particular set of beliefs serves as an active force in the world. In other words, we choose what and how we believe, and our beliefs are tools that we then use to make things happen… or not. – Sophia Amoruso
Usually the characters I play are men of few words, who communicate in non-verbal ways. – Viggo Mortensen
Two of the hardest words in the language to rhyme are life and love. Of all words! – Stephen Sondheim
At that point, I sat down and made an alphabetical list of all the crime related words I could think of. So here I am now, nearly half-way through, probably tied up until the year 2015 or SO. – Sue Grafton
In my youth there were words you couldn’t say in front of a girl; now you can’t say ‘girl.’ – Tom Lehrer
Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution. – Theophile Gautier
