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Two Word Quotes (page 3)

J. B. Priestley quote: "I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'...."
I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'. I think 'swell' is lousy, but 'lousy' is swell. J. B. Priestley
Aaron Copland quote: "If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of..."
If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong. Aaron Copland
I try to gauge whether a girl likes me before I make a move. I would write a page-long note to a girl. If she wrote a whole page back, I knew she liked me, too. If she wrote back like two words, then I figured I'd move on. Devon Werkheiser
The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through. Sydney J. Harris
Novalis quote: "Character and fate are two words for the same thing."
Character and fate are two words for the same thing. Novalis
E. V. Lucas quote: "There are two words for everything."
There are two words for everything. E. V. Lucas
Jerry Cantrell quote: "Rehearsals and this band are two words that don't really go..."
Rehearsals and this band are two words that don't really go together, kinda like Military Intelligence. Jerry Cantrell
Leonard Bernstein quote: "Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in..."
Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors. Leonard Bernstein
Wendell Johnson quote: "Always and never are two words you should always remember..."
Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use. Wendell Johnson
Now, Marlon and I - for some reason, even today - even today, we can't say two words to each other. We really can't talk to each other. You know, I say to him - Marlon can't talk. I mean, he'd talk to you. But he can't talk. Anthony Quinn
Eddie Izzard quote: "Religion and philosophy, philosophy and religion - they're two..."
Religion and philosophy, philosophy and religion - they're two words which are both... different. In spelling. Eddie Izzard
Anaxagoras quote: "Men would live exceedingly quiet if these two words, mine and..."
Men would live exceedingly quiet if these two words, mine and thine, were taken away. Anaxagoras
Words, words, word. Once, I had the gift. I could make love out of words as a potter makes cups of clay. Love that overthrows empire. Love that binds two hearts together, come hellfire & brimstone. For sixpence a line, I could cause a riot in a nunnery. But now -- I have lost my gift. It's as if my quill is broken, as if the organ of my imagination has dried up, as if the proud -illegible word- of my genius has collapsed. Jeffrey Eugenides
two people whose opinion I respect told me that the word "Christian" would turn people off. This certainly says something about the state of Christianity today. I wouldn't mind if to be a Christian were accepted as being the dangerous thing which it is; I wouldn't mind if, when a group of Christians meet for bread and wine, we might well be interrupted and jailed for subversive activities; I wouldn't mind if, once again, we were being thrown to the lions. I do mind, desperately, that the... Madeleine L'Engle
Words are like that, they deceive, they pile up, it seems they do not know where to go, and, suddenly, because of two or three or four that suddenly come out, simple in themselves, a personal pronoun, an adverb, an adjective, we have the excitement of seeing them coming irresistibly to the surface through the skin and the eyes and upsetting the composure of our feelings, sometimes the nerves that can not bear it any longer, they put up with a great deal, they put up with everything, it was as... Jose Saramago

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