Pittsburghese

I hate definitions. - Benjamin Disraeli

Women's word is never done. - American Proverb

Men of few words are the best men. - William Shakespeare

A word to the wise is infuriating. - Hunter S Thompson

Silence speaks when words can't. - Unknown

Words are the small change of thought. - Jules Renard

Dance is the hidden language of the soul. - Martha Graham

Good words are worth much, and cost little. - George Herbert

Much wisdom often goes with the fewest words. - Sophocles

Occasionally words must serve to veil the facts. - Niccolo Machiavelli

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism. - Herbert Hoover

Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it. - Christopher Morley

There are tones of voices that mean more than words. - Robert Frost

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it. - Napoleon Bonaparte

I don't use simple words. I make games and puzzles with my songs. - Lisa Loeb

If you're a good numbers person, you're a bad language person. - Frank Luntz

A very great part of the mischiefs that vex the world arises from words. - Edmund Burke

If the words you spoke appeared on your skin would you still be beautiful? - Unknown

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. - Robert Frost

No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut. - Sam Rayburn

Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions. - Mark Twain

Be your character what it will, it will be known, and nobody will take it upon your word. - Lord Chesterfield

It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using. - Marlee Matlin

Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought. - E Y Harburg

German is the most extravagantly ugly language - it sounds like someone using a sick bag on a 747. - Willy Rushton

Stop the words now. Open the window in the center of your chest and let the spirits fly in and out. - Rumi

Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife. - Kahlil Gibran

It's not plagiarism - I'm recycling words, as any good environmentally conscious writer would do. - Unlek Swain

I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with the word 'Guess' on it. I said, "Thyroid problem?" - Arnold Schwarzenegger

Nudist Colony Halloween parties are especially scary. They give the word 'moon' a new cruel meaning. - Ray Palla

Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations. - Alfred Adler

We all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour to hour; in other words, we are the hero of our own story. - Mary McCarthy

As far as I'm concerned, "whom" is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler. - Calvin Trillin

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it. - Pearl S Buck

"Exercise" is such a dirty word in my household that whenever I even think of it, I wash my mouth out with chocolate. - Leonore Fleischer

To read means to obtain meaning from words, and legibility is that quality which enables words to be read easily, quickly, and accurately. - John C Tarr

The most beautiful word on the lips of mankind is the word 'Mother', and the most beautiful call is the call of 'My Mother'. - Kahlil Gibran

Being a dad isn't just about eating a huge bag of gummy bears as your wife gives birth. It means being comfortable with the word 'hero.' - Ryan Reynolds

If you really care about Charlotte, don't be afraid to tell her. Believe me, it will hurt her a lot more not hearing the words than it will hurt you to say them. - J.S. Goldstine

It is a good and safe rule to sojourn in every place as if you meant to spend your life there, never omitting an opportunity of doing a kindness, or speaking a true word, or making a friend. - Ruskin