Quotes by Words Raised in a house filled with old books, I'm drawn to them: the dust jackets that call out a historical moment, the marbled boards, the words pressed into the page with movable type. Jacob Weisberg words moment historical house Shakespeare had found language for the agony of living with one's own mistakes. There were words for finding yourself isolated with your failures. Phrases for discovering that you were wrong, all, all wrong, wrong, wrong. Virginia Euwer Wolff mistakes words yourself you We were very deliberately not playing 12-bar structures, blues structures, which rock musicians turned into such a cliche. We tried to... listen to the rhythms within ourselves and take the normal words we used every day in our normal thoughts, which girls hadn't written about before. Viv Albertine every-day thoughts words day How sweet the words of Truth, breathed from the lips of Love. James Beattie words truth sweet love To drive though the streets of Manhattan to sign a record deal was like a movie. It was crazy - pretty hard to put into words. James Bay words drive hard crazy The Joint Committee on Taxation estimated that in 2016, the corporate income tax raised $300 billion in revenue, while what it called 'targeted subsidies' cost about $270 billion. In other words, Congress could eliminate the subsidies and cut the corporate rate nearly in half without any significant loss in revenue. James B. Stewart without words half loss The term 'epitaph' itself means 'something to be spoken at a burial or engraved upon a tomb.' When an epitaph is a poem written for a tomb, and appears in a book, we are aware that we are not reading it in its proper form: we are reading a reproduction. The original of the epitaph is the tomb itself, with its words cut into the stone. James Fenton words stone reading book Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer. James Houston writer words you tools As a combat medic, I heard a lot of last words; I saw a lot of last breaths taken. James McCloughan saw words last taken I held 18, 19, or 20-year-old men in my arms, and I heard their last words, and I saw them take their last breath. James McCloughan breath words last men Words of wisdom are spoken by children at least as often as scientists. James Newman least words wisdom children Encourage your own curiosity; pursue the problems based on that. Don't get diverted by trying to do things for your own advancement. In other words, don't be lured into responding to incentives. James Mirrlees words problems own curiosity He puts his right hand lightly on the cup, I put my left, leaving the right free to transcribe, and away we go. We get, oh, 500 to 600 words an hour. Better than gasoline. James Merrill words free better go Knowing some Greek helped defuse forbidding words - not that I counted much on using them. You'll find only trace elements of this language in the poem. James Merrill words find you language I'm excited about going back to 'Today,' but, at odd moments, I'll grit my teeth in anxiety. I feel like a student before the start of school. I've got my new shoes and my book bag, but I'm not sure I'll remember how to do trigonometry. During my maternity leave, I haven't used many words of more than one syllable. Jane Pauley words shoes today school I love classical music and have been playing violin since I was seven. Music helps me to express feelings in a way words often cannot. Jane Chen words me music love Throughout elementary and middle school, I was used to hearing other words: Smart. Studious. Well-spoken. Well-read. They became pillars of my self-confidence, enabling me to build myself up on what I contributed rather than what I looked like. Janet Mock words myself me school Journalists have misquoted people for so long - and quoted them out of context that for many people like to have their words on record. Jason Calacanis words like long people Words can come and go. Your acts are going to speak for themselves. Javier Hernandez words your go speak The secret to fundraising comes down to three magic words: before, more, and strategic. Jay Samit words down magic three «7891011121314151617»
