Word Quotes

Reality is made of words.

Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.

You touch them as they quiver with a divine pleasure. You read them and they fall asleep to happy dreams for the next 10 years. If you do them the favor of understanding them, of taking in their portions of grief and wisdom, then they settle down in contented residence in your heart.

Just two words: a masterpiece.

Yet you must not cling to the words of the old sages either; they, too, may not be right. Even if you believe them, you should be alert so that, in the event that something superior comes along, you may follow that.

Little did I know that the last words I would say on WNBC would be the last ones anyone would say.

Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.

There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws.

Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun.

When people think of the word ‘drive,’ they often think you have it or you don’t, and that’s where we’re wrong.