Verbiage Quotes

“... apart from its function as communication, human language also often functions as a defense. The spoken word conceals the expressive language of the biological core. In many cases, the function of speech has deteriorated to such a degree that the words express nothing whatever and merely represent a continuous, hollow activity on the part of the musculature of the neck and the organs of speech. On the basis of repeated experiences, it is my opinion that in many psychoanalyses which have gone on for years the treatment has become stuck in this pathological use of language. This clinical experience can, indeed has to be applied to the social sphere. Endless numbers of speeches, publications, political debates do not have the function of getting at the root of important questions of life but of drowning them in verbiage.”
― Wilhelm Reich, Character Analysis

“Sometimes, when people speak, I cease listening to their words and zoom in instead on the cadence, and it can seem lovely, and at other times absurd, all this verbiage, these seemingly random consonants clattering on the string that is sound.”
― Rosie O'Donnell, Celebrity Detox

“Lift up the hem of verbiage, peek below its frillies – what’s exposed? the hairy truth?”
― Joshua Cohen, Book of Numbers

“The illusion in using many words rests in the assumption that someone could not possibly use that many words and not have said something significant. But what’s significant about the use of many words is the goal of creating the illusion of significance by not saying anything.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“You will find in this treasure the foundation of peace and love of God. God’s love has been sprinkled and weaved throughout each page with specific scriptures and verbiage that will break the bands of wickedness, undo the heavy burdens, relieve the oppressed, and set the captive free, like a skilled tailor who carefully designs and contours an outfit for a king or queen.”
― Sandra E. Jackson, Daily Sprinkles of Wisdom : Biblically Based Devotions

“Words are powerful. The right words spoken at the right times can turn the tide of a battle, change the attitude of a heart, move the masses, or simply lift a hurt soul. Indeed, words are powerful beyond the carelessness with which we tend to throw them about.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough