Words create worlds. Pierre du Plessis
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. Rudyard Kipling
Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power. Joan Didion
I like good words that mean something. Louisa May Alcott
Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule. Stephen King
Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it. J.K. Rowling
All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind. Kahlil Gibran
The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter — ’tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning. Mark Twain.
To get the right word in the right place is a rare achievement. To condense the diffused light of a page of thought into the luminous flash of a single sentence, is worthy to rank as a prize composition just by itself… Anybody can have ideas – the difficulty is to express them without squandering a quire of paper on an idea that ought to be reduced to one glittering paragraph. Mark Twain
Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar. E. B. White
All my life I’ve looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time. Ernest Hemingway
When a thought takes one’s breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence. Thomas W. Higginson
Being a writer requires an intoxication with language. Jim Harrison
Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own. Carol Burnett
Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, “It might have been”. John Greenleaf Whittier
Words have the power to make things happen. Frederick Buechner
Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure. Edward Thorndike
Words can inspire. And words can destroy. Choose yours well. Robin Sharma
A synonym is a word you use when you can’t spell the other one. Baltasar Gracián
I don’t know the rules of grammar. If you’re trying to persuade people to do something, or buy something, it seems to me you should use their language. David Ogilvy
Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish. Hermann Hesse
Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly – they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced. Aldous Huxley
Words are containers for power, you choose what kind of power they carry. Joyce Meyer
Your word is the power that you have to create; it is a gift. Don Miguel Ruiz
A poet can survive everything but a misprint. Oscar Wilde
Words are a lens to focus one’s mind. Ayn Rand
