Impactful Language Quotes

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

If we were handling a bomb which could go off at any minute as a result of our actions, we would mind ourselves and be delicate. Our words have the same power, yet we wield them around as though they were powerless and insignificant.

The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.

What is required is not a lot words, but effectual ones.

The tongue is a powerful tool. And the words we say are never forgotten. Never.

Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.

Throughout human history, our greatest leaders and thinkers have used the power of words to transform our emotions, to enlist us in their causes, and to shape the course of destiny. Words can not only create emotions, they create actions. And from our actions flow the results of our lives.

My words are my bullets.

The grinding power of the plain words of the Gospel story is like the power of mill-stones, and those who can read them simply enough will feel as if rocks had been rolled upon them.

Words are like butter Rolling off my lips Cut like a knife And now I'm sinking battleships

I approach my interviews with the mindset of, exactly what are we selling? How can I sell it the hardest and the most effectively in the fewest words possible? And how can I make each word that I say mean as much as it possibly can? And I bring that perspective to the table because I used to focus a lot on the character that I had to play.

Wherever the Word comes without power its essential content is missed.

I hope people will see how harmful words are and how irresponsible we can be when saying the wrong things at the wrong time to certain people.

Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.

Words, without power, is mere philosophy.

The point—the power to hurt—of all figures [of speech] consist in the truthfulness of their application.

I try to be specific. One thought at a time. Clear. Articulate. And above all, memorable, if you can be. You'd like to write phrases that people can't forget as soon as they read them.

There are times when the world is rearranging itself, and at times like that, the right words can change the world.

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

I'm the crazy one who thinks that words reach people.

It is not of so much consequence what you say, as how you say it. Memorable sentences are memorable on account of some single irradiating word.

If you want to get your point across, you gotta cuss.

Color and bite permeate a language designed to rally many men, to destroy some, and to change the minds of others.

A powerful agent is the right word: it lights the reader's way and makes it plain.

I say something bad every day, but I like to swear sparingly because it has more impact.