A Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Quote Topics

More Powerful Than Think Treacherous Words

Quote Author

Jean-Paul Sartre
French - Novelist
June 21, 1905 - April 15, 1980

I feel like there are too many words in the world, and I think silence is so much more powerful than the glut of words.

Peter Orner

Frodo drew himself up, and again Sam was startled by his words and his stern voice. 'On the Precious? How dare you?' he said. 'Think! Would you commit your promise to that, Smeagol? It will hold you. But it is more treacherous than you are. It may twist your words. Beware!

J. R. R. Tolkien

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

Humility is more powerful than egoistic pride. Water is more powerful than the strongest cliff and Love is more powerful than might.

Shri Radhe Maa

They think written words are even more powerful,’ whispered the toad. ‘They think all writing is magic. Words worry them. See their swords? They glow blue in the presence of lawyers.

Terry Pratchett

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

You have to have funny faces and words, you can't just have words. It is a powerful thing, and I think that's why it's hard for people to imagine that women can do that, be that powerful.

Ellen DeGeneres

Gentle words, quiet words, are after all the most powerful words. They are more convincing, more compelling, more prevailing.

Washington Gladden

The feminine is more powerful than the masculine, the soft is more powerful than the hard, the water is more powerful than the rock.

Rajneesh

I think words were Reagan's greatest weapon - and more powerful than the Strategic Defense Initiative, which did not come to fruition in his lifetime.

David E. Hoffman

But words are more powerful than anything.

Jennifer Donnelly

I think women are very powerful and I think we're more powerful together than separated.

Zendaya

Body language is more powerful than words.

Ricky Gervais

Words that are not spoken are much more powerful than words that are spoken in unbelief.

Charles Capps

Since the governments are in the pockets of businesses, who's going to control this most powerful institution? Business is more powerful than politics, and it's more powerful than religion. So it's going to have to be the vigilante consumer.