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The words `I am...' are potent words; be careful what you hitch them to. The thing you're claiming has a way of reaching back and claiming you.: A. K. Kitselman
It is no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase 'As pretty as an Airport' appear.: Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
O words of love, O words divine! The silver thought, the golden line! Of all men's words, there's none so fine, As these three words: 'I've got mine!': Hagar the Horrible
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone. "It means just what I choose it to mean - neither more or less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things." "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master - that's all.": Lewis Carroll (1832 - 1898)
Before emphasizing what I believe, perhaps I should point out what I do not believe, or what I no longer believe: I no longer believe in the magic of the spoken word. It signifies not order but disorder. It does not eliminate chaos, it only conceals it. It no longer carries men's hopes but distorts them. It has ceased to be a vehicle, only to become an obstacle. It does not signify sharing but compromise.: Elie Weisel, From the Kingdom of Memory
Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that he sometimes has to eat them.: Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. (1900 - 1965)
All last year we tried to teach him English, and the only word he learned was million.: Tommy Lasorda, on pitcher Fernando Valenzuela
The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization.: Mikhail Gorbachev, June 8, 1990
A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.: Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902), said in 1885
The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.: Samuel Gompers, said in 1908

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