“Words are really powerful. I don't believe that axiom at all - words can absolutely hurt you. Words can wound. They can do a lot of damage. I think they can do way more damage than sticks and stones. I'll take sticks and stones.” ThinkingWayBelieveCan DoHurtPowerfulStonesSticksDon't BelieveWoundsDamageAxiomsReally PowerfulSticks And Stones Author:Mary-Louise Parker
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me." The adage is true as long as you don't really believe the words. But if your whole upbringing, and everything you have ever been told by parents, teachers and priests, has led you to believe, really believe, utterly and completely, that sinners burn in hell (or some other obnoxious article of doctrine such as that a woman is the property of her husband), it is entirely plausible that words could have a more long-lasting and damaging effect than deeds.” IfsBelieveMayLongWholeParentHurtBreakHellTeacherEffectsHusbandStonesPropertySticksDeedsBonesDoctrineSinnerPriestsLastingArticlesAdagesUpbringingHurt MePlausibleObnoxiousLong LastingSticks And Stones Author:Richard Dawkins
“One of the things that all kids are taught by their parents is this old "sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me."” KidsParentHurtBreakTaughtStonesSticksBonesHurt MeSticks And Stones Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1999 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1999
“I felt bad about myself because certain people were relentlessly attacking me and my reputation. My mom kept saying 'Let it go, Lauren, It doesn't matter' ... [I] realized I had to stop worrying about what other people think. The next day I got a tattoo on my lower back that says 'sticks and stones', because they may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” PeopleThinkingMayMatterCertainNextFeltHurtBreakWorryMomStonesSticksMy MomBonesI RealizedReputationTattooNext DayAttackingLet It GoHurt MeStop WorryingLaurenSticks And Stones Author:Lauren Conrad
“While sticks and stones break bones, words can never hurt? Manifestly untrue. Politics everywhere are holistic, interconnected, and the rhetoric of right or left can produce toxic atmospheres in which lunacy thrives.” LeftLeadershipHurtBreakProduceStonesSticksBonesAtmosphereThriveToxicRhetoricUntrueHolisticInterconnectedLunacySticks And Stones Author:Phillip Adams
“I was bright, and I could use that as a weapon: words can wound, whatever those sticks and stones sayings claim about them never hurting, and I could use them if I had to.” IfsUseHurtWeaponsStonesClaimsSticksWoundsSticks And Stones Author:Neil Gaiman
“I put a lot of stock in the written word, and the power of it. That's what I love about acting and reading scripts. Words are really powerful. I don't believe that axiom at all - words can absolutely hurt you. Words can wound. They can do a lot of damage. I think they can do way more damage than sticks and stones. I'll take sticks and stones.” ThinkingBelieveReadingHurtPowerfulActingWoundsWritten WordReally PowerfulSticks And Stones Author:Mary-Louise Parker