Garland Greever > Quotes

“To be sure, our understanding of them as individuals will increase the worth and magnitude of our output.”
― Garland Greever, The Century Vocabulary Builder

“The right word should be used at the right time--and at that time only. Silence is oftentimes golden.”
― Garland Greever, The Century Vocabulary Builder

“A fortunate word may open a triple-barred door, avert a disaster, bring thousands of people from jealousy and hatred into coöperation and goodwill.”
― Garland Greever, The Century Vocabulary Builder

“dexterous”
― Garland Greever, The Century Vocabulary Builder

“Words are as dangerous as dynamite, as beneficent as brotherhood. An unfortunate word may mean a plea rejected, an enterprise baffled, half the world plunged into war.”
― Garland Greever, The Century Vocabulary Builder

“Sometimes a dexterous use of words appears to us to be only a kind of parlor trick. And sometimes it is just that.”
― Garland Greever, The Century Vocabulary Builder

“Your words will largely decide--your words, or your verbal abstinence.”
― Garland Greever, The Century Vocabulary Builder

“Speech, like a man, should be alive.”
― Garland Greever, The Century Vocabulary Builder

“As in all matters, there is a negative as well as a positive side to be reckoned with.”
― Garland Greever, The Century Vocabulary Builder