If I use the word romance, whether it's my wife or not, it does not mean sex. We can use the word sex when sex is there.
The second effort was spreading the word among the people, first, in a bid to raise their morale, and second to instil in them a sense of animosity towards the enemy, coupled with a spirit of resistence. . . this required us to use the language of indoctrination rather than realpolitik. People then were not in need of political analysis, they were in need of being incited and goaded.
A word is nothing unless it has values and an atmosphere, unless you grasp its historical significance.
What she couldn't put into word was what had happened in between to change her from one person into the other
Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.
Apprehend God in all things, for God is in all things. Every single creature is full of God and is a book about God. Every creature is a word of God.
Every word and every deed, every thought and every gesture, even the simple act of paying attention can be a gift and therefore an echo of God’s life in us.
Everything, in the end, comes down to timing. One second, one minute, one hour, could make all the difference. So much hanging on just these things, tiny increments that together build a life. Like words build a story, and what had Ted said? One word can change the entire world.
But while Ireland is not free I remain a rebel, unconverted and unconvertible. There is no word strong enough for it. I am pledged as a rebel, an unconvertible rebel, to the one thing - a free and independent Republic.
The word 'cause' is an altar to an unknown god.
I don't like the word 'career'. When somebody says to me, 'oh, you've had such a wonderful career', I think, 'career - that's after you're dead. ' I just don't think that way.
A preposition is a word You mustn't end a sentence with!
Hawke," he said. "That's the word you need to be saying.
Woodrow Kroll is dead-on in his assessment of the church's lack of engagement with the Word.
Be grateful for every word you can cut.
I don't understand the word 'lose', I only understand the word 'learn'
Acceptance is the word we must substitute for dependence in dealing with the aged. Their acceptance of help, ours of their need.
And still it is not enough to have memories. One must be able to forget them when they are many, and one must have the great patience to wait until they come again. For it is not yet the memories themselves. Not until they have turned to blood within us, to glance, to gesture, nameless and no longer to be distinguished from ourselves - not until then can it happen that in a most rare hour the first word of a verse arises in their midst and goes forth from them.
true love is felonious… You take someone’s breath away… You rob them of the ability to utter a single word… You steal a heart.
A word too much always defeats its purpose.
