Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all, and infinitely more; and to Tiny Tim, who did not die, he was a second father. He became as good a friend, as good a...

There is one possession that can never be taken away as long as you will not allow it to be taken, and that is your word.

I think every first-person narrator in a novel should be compromised. I prefer that word to ‘unreliable.’

God’s word is the way to God himself. If you miss the word of God, you will miss God. Jesus is the word!

An artist, in my understanding of the word, should side with the people against the Emperor that oppresses his or her people.

a lover of love.

The sound of her voice was so pretty, it almost disguised the ugliness of her words.

God cares about those in need, and so should His people.

Art to me is not precious enough that I feel territorial about what the word gets applied to. Conversations about what counts as art and what doesn’t doesn’t captivate my attention very much.

Instead of art I have taught philosophy. Though technique for me is a big word, I never have taught how to paint. All my doing was to make people to see.

Of course, we have known for a long time that a word, like any verbal sign, is a unity of two components.

I’m a constant learner. You need to be a constant student because things change and you have to change and grow. And I emphasize the word ‘grow.’

A picture’s worth a thousand words. But a single word can make you think of over a thousand pictures in your mind, over a thousand moments, a thousand memories.

Unless you’re doing Shakespeare or Chekhov… the written word is not sacrosanct.

A word into the silence thrown always finds its echo somewhere where silence opens hidden lexicons.

Words can be medicines; they can also be poisons. Words can heal; they can also kill… It all depends on how, when and where they are use and against whom! Let us not abuse our...

In this sublime hour, therefore, He calls all His children to the pulpit of the Cross, and every word He says to them is set down for the purpose of an eternal publication and an...

When you delight yourself in the Lord, His Word and His ways become the focus and foundation of your life.

I’m surprised at people who have a passion for Mitt Romney, because he’s taken every position there is. I would cast this guy as the president in a heartbeat… but I just cannot believe a...

God’s various blessings are not always obvious.

Define the word moment, and you’ll know whether time exists.

If I waited for perfection… I would never write a word.

Many Christians have so busied themselves with programs and activities that they no longer know how to be silent and meditate on God’s word or recognize the mysteries that are in the Person of Christ.

Waitresses, soldiers, rickshaw drivers, old ladies selling vegetables – my father would schmooze anybody. He was Clintonesque before the word existed. And, of course, it paid dividends. Ill-tempered guards at the most notorious border crossings...

Bags!

Keep your word. Honor commitments, and they will double back to honor you.

I came up with the term ‘mindfreak’ because I didn’t like the word ‘magician.’ I felt like I wanted to coin a term that would be basically the reaction to my art. It would be...

I think we’ve probably all read a word that we’ve never heard pronounced out loud, and we try it out in a sentence and fall on our face.

always say something! is either to yourself or to the world around!

I don’t like balance. Balance is not a word you can use in Versace fashion.

I like the word ‘fuck’. The word means what it means, but it also means whatever you need it to mean.

I love a blouse that’s dumb. I love to use the word ‘dumb.’ It’s not knowing, and the word ‘blouse’ is so out of fashion that I love it – ‘a blouse that’s dumb.’

A lot of words in English confuse the idea of life and electricity, like the word livewire.

I have to use the word ‘insurgent’ because I can’t think of a better word right now.

Who needs to be a Phoenix for rebirth? One simply requires themselves and an instrument to clean the slate and start over, perhaps create their own world where everything is better..

I hate the word sexy.

I come from a world where the word ‘trauma’ doesn’t exist, because we are too poor. I didn’t have an easy life compared to the average European. But compared to the average African, it wasn’t...

I’m quite intrigued by the notion of a book that is completely self-contained but related to another book. I’ve coined a rather hideous word for it – a paraquel.

Thoughts do more. Words to much. Actions do much more.

I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor against his powerless subjects. That’s different from prescribing a way in which a writer should...

There is no better way to live God’s way than to have His Word in your heart and mind.

I hate the word ‘moist.’

Complacency happens almost without notice. Check and renew your heart daily.

I’m a total Democrat. I’m anti-Republican. And it’s only fair that you know it… I’m liberal. The L word!

He can heal me. I believe He will. I believe I’m going to be an old surely Baptist preacher. And even if He doesn’t…that’s the thing: I’ve read Philippians 1. I know what Paul says....

Ideas are seeds of existence in absolute emptiness.Creative words are the building blocks of such ideas.

Teaching is too strong a word for whatever it was I did at Northeastern University.

As soon as you see ‘Dame’ in front of someone’s name, you get nervous, but Dame Maggie Smith is the most wonderfully gentle woman I have ever met. She never had a bad word to...

We need new athletes all the time because we need new games every day – fudging just a little on the definition of the word ‘need.’ We like to have new games every day, and,...

I dropped out of high school when I was 16, after I had a huge argument with my English teacher over the meaning of the word ‘existentialism.’