Pittsburghese
Learning a new language in Pennsylvania
Word definitions for a happy Pittsburghonian
QuotaBillsHear the meaning within the word. - William Shakespeare
Puns are a form of humor with words. - Guillermo C. Infante
I did nothing; the Word did everything. - Martin Luther
A word out of season may mar a whole lifetime. - Greek proverb
Heresy is another word for freedom of thought. - Graham Greene
There is a time for words and a time for sleep. - Homer
There are tones of voices that mean more than words. - Robert Frost
Be sure to taste your words before you spit them out. - Unknown
If words were leaves, would you prefer fall or spring? - Jarod Kintz
Words that soak into your ears are whispered, not yelled. - Unknown
My mother was my role model before I even knew what that word was. - Lisa Leslie
I have learned to use the word impossible with the greatest caution. - Wernher von Braun
The three words every woman really longs to hear: I'll clean up. - Molly Shannon
Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life. - William Ellery Channing
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love. - Sophocles
As we must account for every idle word, so we must for every idle silence. - Benjamin Franklin
Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions. - Harold S Geneen
Four very powerful words to say to your child: "I believe in you." - Kevin Heath
Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing. - John Erskine
I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying. - Oscar Wilde
Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language. - H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. - Ingrid Bergman
When I go from hence, let this be my parting word, that what I have seen is unsurpassable. - Rabindranath Tagore
What are the three words guaranteed to humiliate men everywhere? "Hold my purse." - Francois Morency
It's easier to build up a child than it is to repair an adult. Choose your words wisely. - Unknown
Four things come not back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, time past, the neglected opportunity. - Omar Ibnal-Halif
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o'er wrought heart and bids it break. - William Shakespeare
If your cousin Maude says one wrong word to me, we're gonna be leaving before the bride takes the shower. - Archie Bunker
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. - Lao-Tzu
Word-of-mouth marketing has always been important. Today, it's more important than ever because of the Internet. - Newt Barrett
Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life. - Jean Paul Richter
The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited. - Alan Kay
Every time you feel yourself being pulled into other people's drama, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys. - Polish Proverb
In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style. - Sydney Smith
I'm a storyteller. I love to tell stories about brands. I love to tell stories, period. I like painting pictures through the words, and that's what I do. - Gary Vaynerchuk
Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. They did all that was expected of them and a little bit more. - A Lou Vickery
Psychology: 1. The science that tells you what you already know in words you can't understand; 2. The science of everything we know about what people are willing to tell us. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
The Lego brick is a universal language. If a kid from China were to meet a kid from Chicago, they don't have to speak the same language but they could build something together. - Richard Stollery
Two of the chief defenders of the faith in the Old Testament and in the New - Moses and Paul - were both well-versed in the language, the thinking, and the philosophy of their cultures. - Ravi Zacharias
Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the expense of others. In other words, it is the opposite of idealism. - Thomas Sowell