Jim Hodges Quotes

The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said, however inexperienced the writer.

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.

The rhetoric is the key to the character. It's the verbal music of the piece.

Choose each word as a precision tool. Consider how it sounds, not how it reads.

We need to become more acutely conscious that words matter. None of us would deny that ideas and opinions matter, but we can sometimes be careless about how we express them. The words we choose to advance an idea, opinion, or point of view have a huge impact on how people react and respond to that view. When we use hyperbole, we increase the chances of being misunderstood and of promoting equally exaggerated counter-reactions, especially when people are reacting almost instantaneously.

When I write, I'm talking to myself constantly to make sure that it sounds OK; it has kind of a nice rhythm and a nice jump to it.

I know words sometimes have consequences, but I try to choose the correct words every time.

It's not just what you say that stirs people. It's the way that you say it.

I wear perfume even when I’m alone

Adjectives are the curse of America.

Words are where most change begins.

The beauty of fragrance is that it speaks to your heart and hopefully someone else's.

You can definitely aid the message that you want to send to people by what scent you're wearing.

Perfumes are the feelings of flowers.

Give me the right word and the right accent and I will move the world.

What a pity it is that there are so many words! Whenever one wants to say anything, three or four ways of saying it run into one's head together and one can't tell which to choose. It is as troublesome and puzzling as choosing a ribbon ... or a husband.

Style means the right word. The rest matters little.

The language denotes the man. A coarse or refined character finds its expression naturally in a coarse or refined phraseology.

A powerful agent is the right word. Whenever we come upon one of those intensely right words in a book or newspaper the resulting effect is physical as well as spiritual, and electrically prompt.

Hey can mean anything. It can mean yes, it can mean maybe, it could mean no, it could mean next week. Hey, the bottom line is you have to understand me to understand hey.

I wanted to tell him so. Find the right words, string them together in the ideal way, knowing that here they would have the best chance of sounding perfect.

Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way.

There are words and words and none mean anything. And then one sentence means everything.

Words are the litmus paper of the minds. If you find yourself in the power of someone who will use the word "commence" in cold blood, go somewhere else very quickly. But if they say "Enter", don't stop to pack.

My interest in fragrance is really a personal thing. I've always gravitated toward them and appreciate the subtle, meaningful way they express who you are.