One Word Quotes - Page 17

• Know that all sins and all evils can be summed up in that one word, weakness. It is weakness that is the motive power in all evil doing; it is weakness that makes men injure others; it is weakness that makes them manifest what they are not in reality. Let them know what they really are.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Strength, Reality, Men

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1321, Manonmani Publishers

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• If I had to describe my work in one word, that word would be time.

  Andy Goldsworthy

  Would Be, Ifs

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• If I were asked to name, in one word, the pole star round which the mathematical firmament revolves, the central idea which pervades the whole corpus of mathematical doctrine, I should point to Continuity as contained in our notions of space, and say, it is this, it is this!

  James Joseph Sylvester

  Stars, Names, Ideas

  James Joseph Sylvester (1973). “1854-1973”

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• I can edit into infinity. It's such a joy. I'd probably edit until the last word. Until there's only one word left.

  Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

  Joy, Lasts, Infinity

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Having solidarity is important and having conviction and sticking with it and also consistency. You can't just have one good record, or a couple of good singles, you have to continue making good music to be considered to be a great band. Having some degree of integrity, that's it in one word.

  Ryan Jarman

  Couple, Integrity, Consistency

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• I mean, you always hope to have a part on every level, on every layer. For us it was very much a conversation about power and sexuality and brutality. And really all the issues that are in that world, in that space, come down to one word, which is "masculinity.

  Oren Moverman

  Mean, Issues, Space

  "Rampart Director, Oren Moverman Interview". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Eleanor Roosevelt fights for an anti-lynch law with the NAACP, with Walter White and Mary McLeod Bethune. And she begs FDR to say one word, say one word to prevent a filibuster or to end a filibuster. From '34 to '35 to '36 to '37 to '38, it comes up again and again, and FDR doesn't say one word. And the correspondence between them that we have, I mean, she says, "I cannot believe you're not going to say one word." And she writes to Walter White, "I've asked FDR to say one word. Perhaps he will." But he doesn't. And these become very bitter disagreements.

  Blanche Wiesen Cook

  Believe, Writing, Mean

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• A lot of your mental energy goes to figuring out where does one word end and the next begin.

  Nicholas G. Carr

  Next, Energy, Doe

  Big Think interviewInterview with Max Miller, bigthink.com. November 10, 2010.

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• Indeed. I have often thought that when a man selects one word over another he often reveals far more of himself than he intended.

  Mark Hodder

  Men

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• The one-word cinema wasn't possible for me anymore. I'd hit a wall, a dead end. Therefore I thought I'd turn back.

  Abbas Kiarostami

  Wall, Cinema, Dead Ends

  Source: aaroncutler.tumblr.com

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• In my mind, so-called "cultures of innovation" really boil down to one word: curiosity.

  Scott D. Anthony

  Innovation, Curiosity, Mind

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• Packaged foods, partially hydrogenated oils and enriched flours are not your friends. Above all, remember this one word: transfats. Avoid it at all costs.

  Mehmet Oz

  Oil, Cost, Remember

  Source: www.today.com

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• You just write one word and that tells you what the next word is going to be.

  Terry Bozzio

  Writing, Next

  Source: beintheloopchicago.com

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• I love every minute in the kitchen with my kids, even the mess (I've learned to embrace it!). I find that in the car on the way home from school, I often get one-word answers when I ask about their day. But when we're cooking, I get in-depth stories.

  Sarah Michelle Gellar

  Home, School, Kids

  Source: www.goodhousekeeping.com

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• In one word, to draw the rule from experience, one must generalize; this is a necessity that imposes itself on the most circumspect observer.

  Henri Poincare

  Science, Experience, Observation

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• I saw for the first time the earth's shape. I could easily see the shores of continents, islands, great rivers, folds of the terrain, large bodies of water. The horizon is dark blue, smoothly turning to black. . . the feelings which filled me I can express with one word-joy.

  Yuri Gagarin

  Airplane, Dark, Islands

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• Sir, money, money, the most charming of all things; money, which will say more in one moment than the most elegant lover can in years. Perhaps you will say a man is not young; I answer he is rich. He is not genteel, handsome, witty, brave, good-humored, but he is rich, rich, rich, rich, rich -that one word contradicts everything you can say against him.

  Henry Fielding

  Love, Witty, Money

  Henry Fielding (2007). “Henry Fielding - Plays, Volume II, 1731 - 1734”, p.523, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• Inscribe all human effort with one word, artistry's haunting curse, the Incomplete!

  Robert Browning

  Best Effort, Haunting, Curse

  Robert Browning (1989). “The Complete Works of Robert Browning: The Ring and the Book”

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• If you're running a 26-mile marathon, remember that every mile is run one step at a time. If you are writing a book, do it one page at a time. If you're trying to master a new language, try it one word at a time. There are 365 days in the average year. Divide any project by 365 and you'll find that no job is all that intimidating.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Running, New Year, Jobs

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• You ask, What is our policy? I will say; 'It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us: to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy.' You ask, What is our aim? I can answer with one word: Victory-victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.

  Winston Churchill

  Change, Giving Up, War

  Hansard 13 May 1940, col. 1502

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• The many-voiced song of the river echoed softly. Siddhartha looked into the river and saw many pictures in the flowing water. The river's voice was sorrowful. It sang with yearning and sadness, flowing towards its goal ... Siddhartha was now listening intently...to this song of a thousand voices ... then the great song of a thousand voices consisted of one word: Om - Perfection ... From that hour Siddhartha ceased to fight against his destiny.

  Hermann Hesse

  Song, Rain, Sadness

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