A Quote by Hugh Ross

Sticks and stones may break bones, but words do more damage than most people can imagine. Especially name-calling. 'You're dangerous!' 'Deceived.' 'A false prophet.' 'A compromiser!' Charges like these by young-earth leaders, both spoken and implied, are intended to discredit, maim, and crush old-earth advocates, including me.

Hugh Ross

Quote Topics

Bones Both Break Calling Charges Crush Damage Dangerous Deceived Discredit Earth False Imagine Implied Including Intended Leaders Like May Me More Most Name Old People Prophet Spoken Sticks Sticks And Stones Stones Than Words Young

Quote Author

Hugh Ross
Canadian - Scientist
Born: July 24, 1945

Words are really powerful. I don't believe that axiom at all - words can absolutely hurt you. Words can wound. They can do a lot of damage. I think they can do way more damage than sticks and stones. I'll take sticks and stones.

Mary-Louise Parker

I put a lot of stock in the written word, and the power of it. That's what I love about acting and reading scripts. Words are really powerful. I don't believe that axiom at all - words can absolutely hurt you. Words can wound. They can do a lot of damage. I think they can do way more damage than sticks and stones. I'll take sticks and stones.

Mary-Louise Parker

Sticks and stones may break your bones but words can hurt like hell.

Chuck Palahniuk

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can make me think I deserved it.

Randall Munroe

It's amazing how words can do that, just shred your insides apart. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me - such bullshit.

Lauren Oliver

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours.

Eric Idle

I just think that as much as we say sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me - words do hurt.

Camille Kostek

Colin thought about the dork mantra: sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. What a dirty lie.

John Green

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will always hurt me. Bones mend and become actually stronger in the very place they were broken and where they have knitted up; mental wounds can grind and ooze for decades and be re-opened by the quietest whisper.

Stephen Fry

Sticks and stones and small caliber bullets may break my bones... Words will never, et cetera.

Jim Butcher

One of the things that all kids are taught by their parents is this old "sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me."

William J. Clinton

Styx and The Stones may break my bones but 'More than Words' will never hurt me

Chuck Klosterman

People say sticks and stones may break your bones, but names can never hurt you, but that's not true. Words can hurt. They hurt me. Things were said to me that I still haven't forgotten.

Demi Lovato

I hadn't fully realized just how powerful words could be before this. Whoever came up with the saying 'sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me' was talking out of his or her armpit.