Tricky Word Sayings

#1. She was a woman, slight, almost frail in appearance; not someone who could fight with guns to free the slaves, as in the United States, but someone who could fight with knowledge in the corner of the world where she found herself.

Margaret Landon

#2. Hers was simply not a pew-shaped spine.

Ray Bradbury

#3. "Simple" is a tricky word, it can mean a lot of things. To us, it just means clear. That doesn't always mean total reduction, or minimalism - sometimes, to make things clearer, you have to add a step.

Jason Fried

#4. Organizations grow when they persuade a tiny cadre to be passionate, not when they touch millions with a mediocre message

Seth Godin

#5. It was beyond embarrassing or humiliating or even mortifying. It was ego-slaying!

Wendelin Van Draanen

#6. Trust. A very tricky word

Sarra Cannon

#7. To transform our lives, we need to change our stories.

Carl Greer

#8. The word 'demand' is a tricky word when used by our gender. When used by men, it's part of their vernacular.

Robin Wright

#9. Being proud of something is a very tricky word and I sometimes think it has a bad connotation. I don't feel proud, I feel grateful. I'm lucky.

David Canary

#10. What a word is truth. Slippery, tricky, unreliable. I tried in these books to tell the truth.

Lillian Hellman

#11. I sing in Hungarian. I read Hungarian. I do not pretend to speak Hungarian, but I sing in languages that I have studied as languages. And I find that to be central and very, very helpful. I think if you're not really cognizant of what every single word means, I think that might be a little tricky.

Jessye Norman

#12. Adversity is a good school.

Charlotte Bronte

#13. Regret is a tricky word. Here's a big secret: nobody knows what wasn't.

Mitchell Hurwitz