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It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words.

I think that words are often extraneous to what I do.

I think words come between the spectator and the picture.

A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.

Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon with them, but they are the money of fools.

Words are the money of fools.

Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.

Words build bridges into unexplored regions.

If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

But in Japanese, there's actually not much of a relationship between the music and the words.

In English, the sounds and melodies I created were an inspiration to me, and words came to me as I explored the sounds, and from there I was able expand on the meaning.

Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.

Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish.

Actually, my correspondent's language is better than mine. He can put his sentiment into words.

Alfred Day Hershey