One Word Quotes

• Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Needs, Volume, Need Sleep

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2015). “Poems”, p.160, The Floating Press

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• A God. The God. One word can make all the difference in the world.

  C. S. Lewis

  Differences, World, Half Life

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• Sometimes one word can recall a whole span of life.

  Edna O'Brien

  Sometimes, Whole, Recalls

  Edna O'Brien (1978). “Seven novels and other short stories”, HarperCollins

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• To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

  Pearl S. Buck

  Work, Teaching, Learning

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Speak but one word to me.

  William Morris

  Speak

  William Morris (1858). “The defence of Guenevere and other poems”, p.246

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• The difference between a calculated risk and rolling the dice can be expressed in one word: homework.

  Georgette Mosbacher

  Differences, Risk, Rolling

  Georgette Mosbacher (1994). “Feminine Force: Release the Power Within You to Create the Life You Deserve”, Touchstone

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• The key to understanding the future is one word: sustainability.

  Patrick Dixon

  Keys, Understanding, Sustainability

  "Futurewise". Book by David Perkins, 1998.

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• It is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.

  Robert Southey

  Happiness, Teacher, Teaching

  "A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern" ed. by Tryon Edwards, F. B. Dickerson Company, (p. 52), 1908.

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• If you make one word out of 'The IRS' it spells 'theirs.'

  Lyn Nofziger

  Irs, Spells, Ifs

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• The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.

  Carl Hiaasen

  Speak, Politician, Enough

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• When Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar was asked why there was so much animosity in her country towards the United States, she gave a one-word answer: “drones.”

  Medea Benjamin

  Country, United States, Drones

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• there is one word that can be the guide for your life- it is the word reciprocity.

  Pearl S. Buck

  Guides, Reciprocity

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• When a device as simple as a door has to come with an instruction manual—even a one-word manual—then it is a failure, poorly designed.

  Donald A. Norman

  Simple, Doors, Instruction

  "The Design of Everyday Things". Book by Donald Norman, Ch. 4, p. 87; regarding doors labeled "Push" and "Pull", 2002.

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• One word is too often profaned For me to profane it, One feeling too falsely disdained For thee to disdain it.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Feelings, Thee, Profane

  Percy Bysshe Shelley (2012). “Ode to the West Wind and Other Poems”, p.80, Courier Corporation

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• You will not pit one word of God against another word of God.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  God, Pits, Word Of God

  Mahatma Gandhi (1957). “Christian Missions, Their Place in India”

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• If I could put one word on my journey over the last couple of years it would definitely be ‘turbulent’.

  Karise Eden

  Couple, Journey, Years

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• The whole process of mental adjustment and atunement can be summed up in one word: Gratitude

  Wallace D. Wattles

  Gratitude, Process, Adjustment

  Wallace D. Wattles, Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Louis M. Grafe, N. H. Moos, John McDonald “Get Rich In Spite of Yourself Collection - An "If You Can Count to Four..." Reference”, Lulu.com

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• A wise man hears one word and understands two.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Wise, Men, Two

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• Tsze-Kung asked, “Is there one word with which to act in accordance throughout a lifetime?” The Master said, “Is not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

  Confucius

  Done, Want, Lifetime

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• I was aware that I was acting atrociously but I couldn't stop myself. Rarely had I behaved in such a manner. But I guess when we're feeling lonely in life, we attack those who actually do love us. It's one of the things that characterizes human nature and can be summed up in one word: FLAWED.

  Jonathan Ames

  Lonely, Feelings, Acting

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• Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary: impossible.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Motivational, Dream, Get Well

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• If I Had To Sum Up In One Word The Qualities That Make Up A Good Manager, I'd Say Decisiveness.

  Lee Iacocca

  Good Man, Quality, Managers

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• Griddle cakes, pancakes, hot cakes, flapjacks: why are there four names for grilled batter and only one word for love?

  George Carlin

  Cake, Names, Hot

  George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion

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• How many a knot of mystery and misunderstanding would be untied by one word spoken in simple and confiding truth of heart! How many a solitary place would be made glad if love were there, and how many a dark dwelling would be filled with light!

  Orville Dewey

  Heart, Dark, Simple

  Orville Dewey (1841). “Discourses on Human Life”, p.158

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• You plant a garden one flower at a time. ... You write a book one word at a time, clean a closet one shelf at a time, run a marathon one step at a time. If you feel defeated by some large task, get your spade and dig the first hole.

  Jeanne Marie Laskas

  Running, Perseverance, Determination

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