Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. Rudyard Kipling
When ideas fail, words come in very handy. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons. Aldous Huxley
Words are a lens to focus one’s mind. Ayn Rand
Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them. Adlai Stevenson
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society. John Adams
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. Henry Brooks Adams
The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words. Philip K. Dick
The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words. George Eliot
It is a damn poor mind indeed which can’t think of at least two ways to spell any word. Andrew Jackson
A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed. Henrik Ibsen
How often misused words generate misleading thoughts. Herbert Spencer
Words should be employed as the means, not the end; language is the instrument, conviction is the work. Joshua Reynolds
Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools. Thomas Hobbes
Words should be an intense pleasure just as leather should be to a shoemaker. Evelyn Waugh
It is with words as with sunbeams – the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. Robert Southey
We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. Abigail Adams
All our work, our whole life is a matter of semantics, because words are the tools with which we work, the material out of which laws are made, out of which the Constitution was written. Everything depends on our understanding of them. Felix Frankfurter
‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less.’ Lewis Carroll
A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword. Robert Burton
Words are a wonderful form of communication, but they will never replace kisses and punches. Ashleigh Brilliant