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Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can’t, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
Robert Frost1874–1963
Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
Charles de Gaulle1890–1970Le Fil de l’épée (1932)
- Power
Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it so that the other half may reach you.
Kahlil Gibran1883–1931Sand and Foam (1926)
One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe1749–1832Wilhelm Meister’s Lehrjahre (Apprenticeship) (1786–1830), Bk. V, Ch. 1
- Art
When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe1749–1832
- Ideas
For just where fails the comprehension,
A word steps promptly in as deputy.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe1749–1832Faust (1808), Scene IV, spoken by MephistophelesIn context
- Knowledge
Man usually believes, if only words he hears,
That also with them goes material for thinking!
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe1749–1832Faust (1808), Scene VI, spoken by MephistophelesIn context
- Thinking
The words you’ve bandied are sufficient;
’Tis deeds that I prefer to see:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe1749–1832Faust (1808), Prelude at the Theatre, spoken by ManagerIn context
- Work
The most disheartening tendency common among readers is to tear out one sentence from a work, as a criterion of the writer’s ideas or personality.
Emma Goldman1869–1940Anarchism and Other Essays (1910), Preface
- Quotations
- Reading
In arguing too, the parson owned his skill,
For e’en tho’ vanquished, he could argue still;
While words of learned length, and thundering sound,
Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around;
And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew,
That one small head could carry all he knew.
Oliver Goldsmith1728–1774The Deserted Village (1770), The Deserted VillageIn context
His verbal contract is worth more than the paper it’s written on.
Samuel Goldwyn1882–1974
I’m willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong.
Samuel Goldwyn1882–1974
- Debate
When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler.
Al Goreborn 1948
- Debate
Don’t take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
Baltasar Gracián1601–1658
- Debate
Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the original author?
PHPhilip Hamerton1834–1894
- Quotations