When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.
Chinua Achebe
I don't find myself interesting as a person and the details I find boring, quite frankly. You could sum it up in a few words or sentences really:... →
Peter Ackroyd
We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
Abigail Adams
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
Ansel Adams
A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
Henry Adams
No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
John Adams
How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!
Samuel Adams
I burned out my drawing hand by using it too much. The common word for it is writer's cramp. The fancy words for it are focal dystonia. The... →
Scott Adams