#word

The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#axis #power #sword #world

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. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#africa #been #colors #diversity #else

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#his #never #politician #quite #says

You know that I write slowly. This is chiefly because I am never satisfied until I have said as much as possible in a few words, and writing briefly takes far more time than writing at length. ↗

— Carl Friedrich Gauss

#because #briefly #chiefly #far #few

I mean the word proof not in the sense of the lawyers, who set two half proofs equal to a whole one, but in the sense of a mathematician, where half proof = 0, and it is demanded for proof that every doubt becomes impossible. ↗

— Carl Friedrich Gauss

#demanded #doubt #equal #every #half

Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution. ↗

— Theophile Gautier

#beauty #care #choice #detail #execution

Drawn by warm nostalgic feelings for the place and by two sweet little words: "Open Bar." ↗

— William E. Geist

#drawn #feelings #little #nostalgic #open

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. ↗

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

#appreciate #certainly #fact #first #first step

In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality. ↗

— Harold S. Geneen

#explanations #only #performance #promises #reality

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions. ↗

— Harold S. Geneen

#actions #attitude #much #practiced #words