For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Hebrews 4:12
But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto ungodliness.
And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some. II Timothy 2:16-18
I hate people who use the word anomaly. Red Dwarf s12e6: Skipper, Rimmer, BBC 2017
The existing phrasebooks are inadequate. They are well enough as far as they go, but when you fall down and skin your leg they don’t tell you what to say. Mark Twain
I still have the ideas, Walter, but I can’t find the words to clothe them. Winston Churchill, to Walter Monckton
When the Queen speaks, her words are recorded for history. Every crafted one of them. Constructed to show a monarch in control. The Queen in Her Own Words, Channel 5 2020
For 67 years at 3 p.m. Christmas Day the Queen’s words have been transmitted across Britain and the Commonwealth. ibid.
If there’s one thing America has down to a science it’s twisting the meaning of words and using them to terrify the population. A Future Beyond Capitalism: Socialism Explained, Youtube 26.26, Second Thought 2020
Max Atkinson spends his life studying video tapes of top politicians talking. After analysing hundreds of speeches, Dr Atkinson has discovered the hidden rules of the world-games played by politicians to make us applaud. World in Action: Clap Trap, ITV 1984
I don’t know what word in the English language – I can’t find one – that applies to people who are willing to sacrifice the literal existence of organized human life so they can put a few more dollars into highly overstuffed pockets. The word evil doesn’t begin to approach it. Noam Chomsky