Quotes with word-coining

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  • James Thurber A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.
    James Thurber
    American cartoonist (1894 - 1961)
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  • Bill Cosby A word to the wise isn't necessary, it is the stupid ones who need all the advice.
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer A word too much always defeats its purpose.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe of himself.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Douglas Adams After ten years of word processing, I can't even do hand writing anymore.
    Douglas Adams
    British science-fiction writer (1952 - 2001)
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  • Winston Churchill All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Winston Churchill All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Richard Branson All you have in business is your reputation - so it's very important that you keep your word.
    Richard Branson
    English business magnate, investor and philanthropist (1950 - )
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  • Carl Clinton Van Doren Although by 1851 tales of adventure had begun to seem antiquated, they had rendered a large service to the course of literature: they had removed the stigma, for the most part, from the word novel.
    Carl Clinton Van Doren
    American critic and biographer (1885 - 1980)
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  • Camille Paglia And what do Democrats stand for, if they are so ready to defame concerned citizens as the "mob" - a word betraying a Marie Antoinette delusion of superiority to ordinary mortals. I thought my party was populist, attentive to the needs and wishes of those outside the power structure. And as a product of the 1960s, I thought the Democratic party was passionately committed to freedom of thought and speech.
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Alan K. Simpson Any education that matters is liberal. All the saving truths, all the healing graces that distinguish a good education from a bad one or a full education from a half empty one are contained in that word.
    Alan K. Simpson
    American politician (1931 - )
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  • Eric Gill Art is skill, that is the first meaning of the word.
    Eric Gill
    English sculptor and typeface designer (1882 - 1940)
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  • Barry White As a boy, I believed freedom for America meant freedom for me. There was a time I believed every word spoken.
    Barry White
    American singer-songwriter, record producer and composer (1944 - 2003)
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  • Calvin Trillin As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.
    Calvin Trillin
    American journalist, humorist, food writer and poet (1935 - )
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg As I take up my pen I feel myself so full, so equal to my subject, and see my book so clearly before me in embryo, I would almost like to try to say it all in a single word.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Alexander Pope At every word a reputation dies.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Ben Schwartz At the very beginning, I was a page at Letterman, and I freelanced for any place that would let me write any word. I wanted to do this so badly. Then when I got a tiny bit of success, I was petrified that I was going to lose it.
    Ben Schwartz
    American actor, comedian, writer and producer (1981 - )
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  • Henry David Thoreau Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Heywood Broun Brotherhood is not just a Bible word. Out of comradeship can come and will come the happy life for all.
    Heywood Broun
    American Journalist, Novelist (1888 - 1939)
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  • Carlos Fuentes By its very nature, the novel indicates that we are becoming. There is no final solution. There is no last word.
    Carlos Fuentes
    Mexican novelist and essayist (1928 - 2012)
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