Pittsburghese

Men of few words are the best men. - William Shakespeare

A word to the wise is infuriating. - Hunter S Thompson

One picture is worth a thousand words. - Fred Barnard

Good words are worth much, and cost little. - George Herbert

Life happens at the level of events, not words. - Unknown

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger. - Robert Christy

You can tell the nature of the man by the words he chooses. - Edwin L Cole

Kind words will never die - neither will they buy groceries. - Bill Nye

There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. - John Millington Synge

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. - Mark Twain

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, "I'm possible"! - Audrey Hepburn

My favorite word is 'pumpkin.' You are a pumpkin. Or you are not. I am. - Harrison E. Salisbury

Actions, looks, words and steps form the alphabet by which you may spell character. - Johann Kasper Lavater

I personally think we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain. - Jane Wagner

I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through. - Edward Rickenbacker

A person's name is, to that person, the sweetest, most important sound in any language. - Dale Carnegie

How is it that music can, without words, evoke our laughter, our fears, our highest aspirations? - Jane Swan

Definition of an Irish fact: That which tells you not what is the case but what you want to hear. - Hugh Kenner

I hope you don't mind that I put down in words, how wonderful life is while you're in the world. - Bernie Taupin

Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends. - Harper Lee

We all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour to hour; in other words, we are the hero of our own story. - Mary McCarthy

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it. - Pearl S Buck

Language, identity, place, home: these are all of a piece - just different elements of belonging and not-belonging. - Jhumpa Lahiri

I handed in a script last year and the studio didn't change one word. The word they didn't change was on page 87. - Steve Martin

Don't waste words on people who deserve your silence. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can say is nothing at all. - Mandy Hale

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. - John F Kennedy

The only thing more depressing than another six weeks of winter would be having to spend them in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. - Unknown

Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words. - Robert G Ingersoll

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are,
"I'm from the government and I'm here to help." - Ronald Reagan

Let no one suppose that the words doctor and patient can disguise from the parties the fact that they are employer and employee. - George Bernard Shaw

Today will never come again. Be a blessing. Be a friend. Encourage someone. Take time to care. Let your words heal, and not wound. - Unknown

Look out how you use proud words. When you let proud words go, it is not easy to call them back. They wear long boots, hard boots. - Carl Sandburg

A good fart joke makes me bawl with laughter, so will somebody farting. And the word 'poo.' You can't beat a good poo joke. - Jenny Eclair

Conundrum: A fun word to repeat over and over again when no one's listening; actual meaning is as puzzling as the need to chant the word. - Richelle E. Goodrich

Who ever thought up the word "Mammogram?" Every time I hear it, I think I'm supposed to put my breast in an envelope and send it to someone. - Jan King

In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word experience have been perceived, with the result that realists have more and more avoided the word. - Bertrand Russell

Language has created the word "loneliness" to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word "solitude" to express the glory of being alone. - Paul Tillich

If we trust in Him, keep His word, and live our lives for His pleasure, He'll give us the power we need - power to fight the good fight, to finish the race, and to keep the faith. - Ronald Reagan

Look at the language. If a scientist delivers the simple, unconditional, absolutely certain statements that politicians and journalists want, he is talking as an activist, not a scientist. - Daniel Gardner

Cancer. The word meant the same to me as tsunami or piranha. I had never seen them; I wasn't even quite sure what they were, but I knew they were bad and I knew in many cases they were deadly. - Natalie Palmer