E Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with E. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Every word is a preconceived judgment.”
Source: Human, All Too Human
“Every word is a prejudice.”
Source: Nietzsche: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits
“Every word is an adamantine shell which encloses a great explosive force. To discover its meaning you must let it burst inside you like a bomb and in this way liberate the soul which it imprisons.”
Source: Report to Greco
“Every word is autobiographical, and every word is fiction.”
Source: Burroughs Live: The Collected Interviews of William S. Burroughs, 1960-1997
“Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.”
“Every word is part of a picture, Every sentence is a picture. All you have to do is link them together.”
“Every word mattered to them. Because Matthäi was taking them seriously, they took him seriously too.”
Source: The Pledge
“Every word of [the Constitution] decides a question between power and liberty.”
“Every Word of God is Spirit and life. When you receive and obey the Word of God, the power of God works in you.”
“Every word of Holy Scripture was a love letter from God directed very personally to us and he asked us whether we loved Jesus.”
“Every word or concept, clear as it may seem to be, has only a limited range of applicability.”
“Every word out of my mouth is a word that I've approved.”
“Every word serves a purpose. It conveys an idea. And the idea behind words like feces, stool, or poop is exactly the same as behind the word shit. They all conjure up the same mental image in your head. So why are stool and poop "good" words, and shit is a "bad" word? Who decided that, and why am I bound by that decision?”
Source: Bad Choices Make Good Stories - Going to New York
“Every word she writes is a lie, including ‘and’ and ‘the’."
(on Lillian Hellman)”
“Every word she writes is a lie, including "and" and "the."”
“Every word she wrote dripped with honey and on entering the depths of her desire oozing from the page... He had no doubt of her intentions...”
“Every word spoken in the past accumulated forms and colors in the self. What flows through the veins besides blood is the distillation of every act committed, the sediment of all the visions, wishes, dreams and experiences. All the past emotions converge to tint the skin and flavor the lips, to regulate the pulse and produce crystals in the eyes.”
Source: The Four-Chambered Heart: V3 in Nin's Continuous Novel
“Every word that comes after "And the Lord told me. . . “is a pious lie”
Source: Pearls Of Eternity
“Every word that comes out of my neurons is to make humanity see that there are more things in our biology that make us one, than there are to set us apart. My goal is simple. It is to take the human civilization with me on the path of sweet general harmony.”
Source: Love, God & Neurons: Memoir of a scientist who found himself by getting lost
“Every word that I say, every song that I sing, and literally every move that I make [ in Chicaho musical] has much purpose.”
“Every word that I utter matters and this makes me speechless.”
“Every word that is spoken and sung here (the Cabaret Voltaire) represents at least this one thing: that this humiliating age has not succeeded in winning our respect.”
“Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.”
“Every word that judges value is circular. 'Good' is 'right' is 'proper' is 'just' is 'good'. But check the examples, and they're not circular at all: Every one says 'makes me happy'.”
“Every word the right one and exactly where it should be. That's basically the highest compliment I can give.”
Source: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
“Every word wants to be taken literally, else it decays into a lie. But one mustn't take any word literally, else the world becomes a madhouse.”
“Every word was a cheat. Every thought and feeling was false. I played the game. Everything I touched, I cheapened.”
Source: The Hope We Seek
“Every word was a singing sparrow, a magic trick, a truffle for me. The words made me laugh in delight.”
Source: The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims
“Every word was once a poem.”
Source: Emerson: Poems
“Every word was once a poem. Every new relation is a new word.”
Source: The Portable Emerson: New Edition
“Every word written is a net to catch the word that has escaped.”
“Every word written is a victory against death.”
“Every word you add dilutes the sentence.”
“Every word you have ever uttered, is engraved upon my heart. -Lazarus to his mother.”
“Every word you utter to another human being has an effect, but you don't know it. If people begin to understand that change comes about as a result of a million tiny acts that seem totally insignificant, well then, they wouldn't hesitate to take those tiny acts.”
“Every word you’ve ever said, is written somewhere in my mind.”
Source: Write like no one is reading 2
“Every word, every character in a picture book must count.”
“Every word, every image used for God is a distortion more than a description.”
Source: One Minute Wisdom
“Every word, every image, is leased and mortgaged.”
“Every word, every look, every action, and every smile can bring happiness to others.”
Source: Stepping into Freedom: An Introduction to Buddhist Monastic Training
“Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending.”
Source: The new peoplemaking
“Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force has a greater influence on a child than the parent.”
“Every work [of literature] has both a situation and a story. The situation is the context or circumstance, sometimes the plot; the story is the emotional experience that preoccupies the writer: the insight, the wisdom, the thing one has come to say”
“Every work brings new and different challenges. Research is always helpful, regardless of whether the play is contemporary or not.”
“Every work coming from the creator is about getting the demons out, and each character in those stories had a different personal crisis to get through.”
“Every work experience is a positive work experience, and if you're looking at it any other way I can't help you.”
“Every work has got to pass through hundreds of difficulties before succeeding. Those that persevere will see the light, sooner or later.”
Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“Every work has the bad side, and people will be mean to you, and when you're young, you don't know how to defend yourself.”
“Every work is completely different. Sometimes the music is first, sometimes it's parallel, and sometimes the music is after. There's no rule. Music goes differently to your emotions. With music you can create different spaces and feelings easier than you can with the visual - maybe not easier, but in a way, it's more seductive.”
“Every work is great when it is in exact measure. A work that exceeds its proper limits is the least of all. We have said repeatedly that your work, your proper work, is unique; another man's work is equally so, do not interchange with him. You alone can do well what is laid upon you; you would do badly what your neighbor will do well. God is satisfied in all.”
Source: The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods