Quotes with by-word

Quotes 221 till 240 of 406.

  • Julie Burchill Now the whole dizzying and delirious range of sexual possibilities has been boiled down to that one big, boring, bulimic word. RELATIONSHIP.
    Julie Burchill
    British journalist, writer
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  • Benjamin Jowett Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard - both as regards the monuments and the inscriptions. Scarcely a word of true poetry anywhere.
    Benjamin Jowett
    British theologian (1817 - 1893)
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  • Thomas Haynes Bayly Oh! no! we never mention her, her name is never heard; my lips are now forbid to speak, that once familiar word.
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  • Horace Walpole Old friends are the great blessings of one's later years. Half a word conveys one's meaning. They have a memory of the same events, have the same mode of thinking. I have young relations that may grow upon me, for my nature is affectionate, but can they grow [To Be] old friends?
    Horace Walpole
    British writer (1717 - 1797)
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  • Wendell Phillips On a single winged word hath hung the destiny of nations.
    Wendell Phillips
    American Reformer, Orator (1811 - 1884)
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  • Horace Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • Plautus 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.
    Plautus
    Roman comic poet (250 - 184)
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  • Theodore Roosevelt One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called ''weasel words.'' When a weasel sucks eggs the meat is sucked out of the egg. If you use a ''weasel word'' after another there is nothing left of the other.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Charles Horton Cooley One of the great reasons for the popularity of strikes is that they give the suppressed self a sense of power. For once the human tool knows itself a man, able to stand up and speak a word or strike a blow.
    Charles Horton Cooley
    American sociologist (1864 - 1929)
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  • Bill Hybels One prayer routine that is balanced and easy to remember is found in the word ACTS, an acrostic whose four letters stand for adoration, confession, thanksgiving, and supplication.
    Too Busy Not to Pray
    Bill Hybels
    American church figure and author (1951 - )
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  • Bob Newhart One time I happened to use the word 'denigrate' onstage, and it didn't get any reaction. So as I continued my act, the left side of my brain was fast-forwarding to see if I had any other big words coming up.
    Bob Newhart
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1929 - )
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  • Sophocles One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life; that word is love.
    Sophocles
    Greek poet (496 - 406)
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  • Dan Quayle One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is to be prepared.
    Dan Quayle
    American politician (1947 - )
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  • Paul Tillich Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.
    Paul Tillich
    German-American theologian and philosopher (1886 - 1965)
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  • Hunter S. Thompson Paranoia is just another word for ignorance.
    Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century (2004)
    Hunter S. Thompson
    American journalist (1937 - 2005)
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  • Bob Keeshan Parents are the ultimate role models for children. Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force has a greater influence on a child than the parent.
    Bob Keeshan
    American television producer and actor (1927 - 2004)
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  • Bodhidharma People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something - always, in a word, seeking.
    The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
    Bodhidharma
    semi-legendary Buddhist monk
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  • Brad Delson People think when you get a record deal all your problems will go away. We know that the bigger we get, the more problems we'll have. I guess Puff Daddy was somewhat - what's the word? - prophetic in that respect.
    Brad Delson
    American musician (1977 - )
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  • Bob Marley People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader. Messenger. The words of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people.
    Bob Marley
    Jamaican singer-songwriter (1945 - 1981)
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  • Brendan Myers Perhaps this is one of the last remaining strands of my Catholic upbringing, but to me the word 'worship' means absolute unquestioning affirmation of the authority of the deity. I'll not have that in my life. If you are wise, neither will you.
    Brendan Myers
    Canadian philosopher and author (1974 - )
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