Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.

I hate that word dysfunction.

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.

I just remembered songs my grandmother taught me, and songs that I learned for the recordings. But, then I learned to speak Italian. When I was there, I hired a professor who stayed with me 24 hours a day. She wouldn't let me speak a word of English.

Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.

Control is the wrong word. The practice is very much about sharing, and, in any creative practice, some individuals, whether partners or directors, are much closer to certain projects than I could ever be.

I think 'destiny' is just a fancy word for a psychological pattern.

In the nineteenth century the more grandiose word inspiration began to replace the word idea in the arts.

I formed a resolution to never write a word I did not want to write; to think only of my own tastes and ideals, without a thought of those of editors or publishers.

Speculation is only a word covering the making of money out of the manipulation of prices, instead of supplying goods and services.

The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.

I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today.

Most of my inspiration, if that's the word, came from books themselves.

Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable.

The word courage - God, I love that word. Words are so important to me.