Famous quotes containing the words words i, act and/or words:
“... nothing is more human than substituting the quantity of words and actions for their character. But using imprecise words is very similar to using lots of words, for the more imprecise a word is, the greater the area it covers.”
—Robert Musil (1880–1942)
“Giving words [is] an act of lovers.”
—François Rabelais (1494–1553)
“Snow-white moslem head-dress around a dead black face!
Beautiful were your sand-papering words against our skins!”
—Margaret Abigail Walker (b. 1915)