Sarah Silverman Quotes

When you think about it, words can break your heart, or they can change your day.

It depends on what the meaning of “is” is.

The meaning of words has become so blurred by past usage that 'abstract' is identified with 'vague' and 'unreal,' and 'inwardness' with a sort of traditional beatitude... The conception of the word 'plastic' has also been limited by individual interpretations.

Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is 'elephant'.

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out.

Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.

An emotion is suggested and demolished in one glance by certain words.

I've always loved the use of the word 'thick' when it comes to heavy because it's always a positive thing.

Words should have the power to inform and to move, not the power to send people scurrying away. But if you attach that much emotional energy to a word, it gives people the power to hurt each other.

The turn of a sentence has decided the fate of many a friendship, and, for aught that we know, the fate of many a kingdom.

Words themselves are neutral. It's the charge we add to them that matters

I want to tell stories that are true and that resonate and move people, that highlight both the tremendous beauty and ugliness available in the human experience.

As a writer, you're always trying to say the best thing. You're always thinking about what's the best thing to say, and what's the hardest way to say it, and what's the best line? Sometimes the best line is the simplest line. Sometimes the best line is the line that evokes more feeling than actual wordsmithing.

When there are just 500 fans inside a ground, you can hear everything they say, every little word that is getting said. So that is what turns you from a kid into a man.

I do believe that a poet would possess a stronger intuitive sense of phrasing with a rock song. There is a way to tap into the emotions of an audience simply by the cross of a certain phrase, even a single word, against a certain chord.

I have this theory about words. There's a thousand ways to say "Pass the salt". It could mean, you know, "Can I have some salt?" or it could mean, "I love you.". It could mean, "I'm very annoyed with you". Really, the list could go on and on. Words are little bombs, and they have a lot of energy inside them.

It might sound goofy, but I do believe that emotions have power. We're all driven by something, and most of that is emotional reaction.

Books don't change people; paragraphs do, Sometimes even sentences.

Words have incredible power. They can make people's hearts soar, or they can make people's hearts sore.

Unhappiness really meant something back then. Now it's just a drag, like a cold or having no money.

When I say "The good man gave his good dog a good meal," I use "good" analogically, for there is at the same time a similarity and a difference between a good man, a good dog, and a good meal. All three are desirable, but a good man is wise and moral, a good dog is tame and affectionate, and a good meal is tasty and nourishing. But a good man is not tasty and nourishing, except to a cannibal; a good dog is not wise and moral, except in cartoons, and a good meal is not tame and affectionate, unless it's alive as you eat it.

Your words can permanently influence a life.

A strange thing, words. Once they're said, it's hard to imagine they're untrue.

I've always thought that comedy was just another dramatic expression. I try to measure the amount of truth in a work rather than just looking at the generic distinction between comedy and drama. There's a lot of bullshit drama that leaves you totally cold. And there's a lot of wasted comedy time too. But when you get something honest, it doesn't matter what label you give it.

What does the brain matter compared with the heart?