#word

The night before, I'd gone overboard with my Lila poems, and maybe it's true that I was hoping that in them he'd see the genius of me, the beauty of my words in his hands. ↗

— Beth Kephart

#talent #unrequited-love #words #beauty

I say 20 words in English. I say money, money, money, and I say hot dog! I say yes, no and I say money, money, money and I say turkey sandwich and I say grape juice. ↗

— Carmen Miranda

#english #grape #hot #hot dog #i

Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants. ↗

— Elizabeth Montagu

#bad #consequences #like #provokes #sword

Don't leave home without your sword - your intellect. ↗

— Alan Moore

#home #intellect #leave #sword #without

Now comes the mystery! (last words) ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#heaven #last-words #life #paradise #death

The sword - the first, for a time the only force: the force of iron. ↗

— John Lothrop Motley

#force #iron #only #sword #time

However, as words become particularized, and as men begin - in however small a way - to use them in personal, arbitrary ways, so their transformation into art begins. ↗

— Yukio Mishima

#words #art

Jesus was not denying the legitimacy of biblical law. On the contrary, He was affirming biblical law. We love God first; God commands us to keep His word; therefore, we must enforce the law on ourselves. ↗

— Gary North

#commands #contrary #denying #enforce #first

'Yes' is a far more potent word than 'no' in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for the other side, one can disarm them and leave them sputtering with nothing to say. ↗

— Dick Morris

#agenda #american #american politics #animate #disarm

A lot of the time writers are just sponges... for what's around them, and so books are helpful for focusing your mind and literally putting it into words. ↗

— Marcus Mumford

#books #focusing #helpful #into #just