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Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being another word for power.
— Mary Wortley Montagu
I hate the word assistant. No one works for me. I work with everyone because I couldn't do anything without the people that I work with.
— Sandra Bullock
I'd been staring at the search term for at least five minutes. One
word. Necromancer. — Kelley Armstrong
word. Necromancer. — Kelley Armstrong
One is always wrong to open a conversation with the devil, for, however he goes about it, he always insists upon having the last word.
— Andre Gide
I would sooner bring one sinner to Jesus Christ than unravel all the mysteries of the divine Word, for salvation is the one thing we are to live for.
— Charles Spurgeon
For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible - and no one can now doubt the word of America.
— George W. Bush
A wise person speaks carefully and with truth, for every word tht passes between one's teeth is meant for something.
— Molefi Kete Asante
Once you take away the struggle for food, clothing and shelter, work is the one four letter word that offends everyone.
— Lenny Bruce
If only one word is to be used to describe what Baupost does, that word should be: 'Mispricing'. We look for mispricing due to over-reaction.
— Seth Klarman
There is no word for the emotion between pity and love, or for the one between longing and sorrow.
— Carrie Anne Noble
I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.
— Rachel Corrie
Write what you're thinking. Write one fucking word, and that will be good enough for now.
— Pepper Winters
Fiona Shaw is one of my idols. She's phenomenatastic. I just make up a word for her - that's how much I love her.
— Rutina Wesley
For above all things Love means sweetness, and truth, and measure; yea, loyalty to the loved one and to your word.
— Marie De France
Hopeless implies that at one time there was hope. And that's another word I don't understand. Hope only exists for people who have choices. [Zarek]
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
Divine was metamorphosed into one of those monsters that are painted on walls, for a customer murmured a magic word: 'homoseckshual
— Jean Genet
I never, ever used my son for publicity. He'll have his say one day if he wants it. He'll have the last word. He has time to defend himself.
— Linda Evangelista
Words can't say this. The one word love means too little for what it is. It means everything and that is still not enough.
— James Frey
For some reason, the act of writing them down makes me remember. Each word I write brings me closer to finding the right one.
— Ally Condie
The Anglo-Saxons had a great word for the right word, the word that you need right now, when another one simply would not do. That word is wordriht.
— Douglas Wilson
Friend is a very small word,
A little sound we make,
For one who is true, one who will do,
Great deeds for friendship's sake. — Brian Jacques
A little sound we make,
For one who is true, one who will do,
Great deeds for friendship's sake. — Brian Jacques
Fuck', I think. What a beautiful word. If I could say only one thing for the rest of my life, that would be it.
— Kaui Hart Hemmings
You got a better word for a guy who's swept my chimney five times in one night?
-Dr. Jack Francisco — Jane Seville
-Dr. Jack Francisco — Jane Seville
The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this is one cause of the serious misunderstandings that divide them.
— Simone De Beauvoir
One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.
— Euripides
The word 'paradox' has always had a kind of magic for me, and I think my pictures have a paradoxical quality, a paradox of chaos and order in one.
— Bridget Riley
There is only one word for a book that exceeds all expectations ... Divergentbyveronicaroth. On second thoughts, that's four words combined!
— Ella
One word is enough to destroy an entire city provided that word is backed by anger. Drop down the bullets of anger; it destroys at the speed of light!
— Israelmore Ayivor
The one who listens attentively to the Word of God and truly prays, always asks the Lord: what is your will for me?
— Pope Francis
There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life -reciprocity.
— Confucius
If there were one word that could act as a standard of conduct for one's entire life, perhaps it would be 'thoughtfulness.
— Confucius
One word from the Lord is like a piece of gold to a believer, who is like a jeweler, shaping and hammering out the promise for a number of weeks.
— Charles Spurgeon
We don't have enough words for photography. Can you imagine writers having only one word for writing?
— John Paul Caponigro
Never be boring, not for one scene, paragraph, sentence, or word.
— James V. Smith Jr.
It's impossible to explain to a Yankee what 'tacky' is. They simply have no word for it up north, but my God, do they ever need one.
— Pat Conroy
Each one of an affectionate couple may be willing, as we say, to die for each other, yet unwilling to utter the agreeable word at the right moment
— George Meredith
We each have words for "love" in our languages. What would the world look like if we acted on that one word for humanity's sake?
— Julie Saffrin
Civilization ... is another word for respect for life. One can't have too much respect for a loveliness that's brittle as spun glass.
— Elizabeth Goudge
Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word From those who spoke her praise.
— Oliver Goldsmith
I have nothing but contempt for anyone who can spell a word in only one way.
— Thomas Jefferson
Griddle cakes, pancakes, hot cakes, flapjacks: why are there four names for grilled batter and only one word for love?
— George Carlin
One word is too often profaned For me to profane it, One feeling too falsely disdained For thee to disdain it.
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
One has to choose a word in English. If you want to be eligible for a literary prize you have to designate it as something.
— Robert Dessaix
The juggle of sophistry consists, for the most part, in using a word in one sense in all the premises, and in another sense in the conclusion.
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Reminiscing is when one is thinking about the past. What you are dreaming about never happened. The word for that is fantasizing.
— Wesley Chu
When people tell a lie about something, they have to make up a bunch of lies to go with the first one. 'Mythomania' is the word for it.
— Haruki Murakami
The nice word for you is methodical. Obsessive-compulsive is the meaner phrase, and one you've truly earned.
— Claire Kendal
There's one antidote for haters: show them how golden HEARTS should be.
"Hearts" is a word that happens to be an anagram of haters. — Angelica Hopes
"Hearts" is a word that happens to be an anagram of haters. — Angelica Hopes
After scolding one's cat one looks into its face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that it understood every word. And has filed it for reference.
— Charlotte Gray
For the time being - "He emphasized each word. "I'll be the only one climbing through your window.
— Piper Shelly
If eskimos can come up with fifty words for snow because its a matter of life and death, why do we have just one word for love?
— Mike Gayle
Stud," D repeated, growly and low. Jack snorted. "You got a better word for a guy who's swept my chimney five times in one night?
— Jane Seville
For the next week that was all I heard - manana, a lovely word and one that probably means heaven.
— Jack Kerouac
He considered respect for one's given word as a wealth that should not be squandered.
— Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I'll take thy word for faith, not ask thine oath; Who shuns not to break one will sure crack both.
— William Shakespeare
You are a story. do not become a word. one word. because you want to be loved. love does not ask you to be nothing for something.
— Nayyirah Waheed
Freedom is just another word for no one cares.
— Katherine Ewell
I hadn't been in Vegas 20 minutes when I got word that the bookmakers were offering three to one that Frank wouldn't show for my wedding.
— Sammy Davis Jr.
We didn't need a special word for interactivity in the same way that we don't (yet) need a special word for people with only one head.
— Douglas Adams
You can shit in one hand and wish in another and see which one gets full faster. Or ... you can just take my word for it.
— C.V. Hunt
The one-word cinema wasn't possible for me anymore. I'd hit a wall, a dead end. Therefore I thought I'd turn back.
— Abbas Kiarostami
It's impossible for me to say one word about all that music has meant to me in my life. How, then, can I hope to be understood?
— Ludwig Wittgenstein
We just held each other for warmth. I cannot recall that we even spoke to one another. Such was our shock. That day we learnt a new word - war.
— P.J. Whittlesea
if a word doesn't work for you anymore, then drop it and replace it with one that does work.
— Eckhart Tolle
Be a lady? Forget it. Ladies don't last a day in the real word. No one's a lady anymore. Why do you think we get our claws polished?
— Crystal Woods
There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.
— Woodrow Wilson
Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.
— Goran Persson
Human beings ... are far too prone to generalize from one instance. The technical word for this, interestingly enough, is superstition.
— Francis Crick
Conceited is just another word for self-confident. And sometimes, the only confidence one can depend on is his own.
— Suzannah Daniels
Your first problem is relying on someone else's word. Always depend on yourself. No one will work as hard for you as you will.
— Behdad Sami
If I'd spoken, even just one word, I would have never been able to hold back what I feel for you. You would have run.
— Melissa Haag
One thinking it is right to speak all things, whether the word is fit for speech or unutterable.
— Sophocles
One sign of an excellent speech? 'Can people repeat something they heard, word for word?'
— Sam Horn
I had one word for him, and it started with an "ass" and ended in "hole.
— Victoria Laurie
In Classical Greek the word pathos was the same for both suffering and experience. Those Greeks knew a good joke when they heard one.
— Peter Straub
I know why the Jews and Muslims have nine hundred names for God; one small word is not enough for love.
— Diana Gabaldon
God's Word not only gives authority to one's ministry; it provides a solid foundation for one's life.
— Billy Graham
I cannot take back one word or action; the past does not change for anyone.
— Charles Van Doren
The Greek word for idiot, literally translated, means one who does not participate in politics. That sums up my conviction on the subject.
— Gladys Pyle
Yet no-one can say that God has not a Word, for it would follow that God is most foolish.
— Thomas Aquinas
I think love and sex are separate and only vaguely similar. Like the word bear and the word bare. You can get in trouble mistaking one for the other.
— Harlan Ellison
A forest ecology is a delicate one. If the forest perishes, its fauna may go with it. The Athshean word for world is also the word for forest.
— Ursula K. Le Guin
One word 'love' has to do service for so many different kinds of the same animal.
— Lawrence Durrell
For one word a man is often deemed to be wise, and for one word he is often deemed to be foolish. We should be careful indeed what we say.
— Confucius
One predictor for divorce is contempt, which to me is just another word for disrespect.
— Elizabeth Banks
For, in a word, if one thinks himself made beautiful by gold, he is inferior to gold; and he that is inferior to gold is not lord of it.
— Clement Of Alexandria
Dreams are nervy things - all it takes is for one stern word to be spoken in their direction and they shrivel up and die.
— Lloyd Jones