George R. R. Martin Quotes

Fair words enough a man shall find, They be good cheap: they cost right nought, Their substance is but only wind.

Why must one talk? Often one shouldn't talk, but live in silence. The more one talks, the less the words mean. (Nana Kleinfrankenheim, Vivre Sa Vie)

The supply of words in the world market is plentiful but the demand is falling. Let deeds follow words now.

A quote is just a tattoo on the tongue.

Silence is the last thing the world will ever hear from me.

Speech is the small change of silence.

I've always loved rhyming. I love language.

Words are powerful. When I make mistakes I just try to come back and clarify what I meant.

Speech is the mirror of action.

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.

The only thing you have to know are your words.

Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination.

Man can no more think without words than see without light.

Words become deeds and then meet needs.

Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.

Words are powerful.

Speech is civilization itself. The word, even the most contradictions word, preserves contact - it is silence which isolates.

Our public men are speaking every day on something, but they ain't saying anything.

In the end, it is my belief, words are the only things that can construct a world that makes sense.

Words, words. They're all we have to go on.

Words are the wings of actions.

The tongue of man is a twisty thing, there are plenty of words there of every kind.

It's not what enters men's mouth that is evil," said the alchemist. It's what comes out of their mouths that is.

He spoke with more eloquence than wisdom.

We live and breathe words.