Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
White House to Worship
White House, Washington, D.C.extraordinary collection of talent, … at the W. H., 823
move out of the W. H. voluntarily, 1569
no whitewash at the W. H., 1979
State Dining Room
inscription, 1462Whites
who “understand the Negro,” 118Whitewash
at the White House, 1979Whitman, Walt (1819–1892), 65Whitney, Eli (1765–1825), 65Who
in the world am I, 1678
is powerful, 1146
is rich, 1146
is wise, 1146
put up that cage, 1426
rules East Europe commands the Heartland, 2041
rules the Heartland commands the World-Island, 2041
rules the World-Island commands the World 2041
shall command the skylark not to sing?, 642Whole
sum of the w. matter, 230Wholly
evil or w. good, 561Why
You see things; and you say “W.?”, 465Why not
I dream things that never were and say, w. n., 465Wicked
find that the other is w., 224
flee when no man pursueth, 835Widow
care for … his w., and his orphan, 1325Widows
Rich w. are the only second-hand goods that sell at first-class prices, 2005Wife
I must necessarily want her [negro woman] for a w., 1702
If I were your w., 2004
no Man worth having is true to his w., 2009Wife’s
backside, 2008Wilds
of America, 88Will
against our very w. / … comes wisdom, 1995
Their w. was resolute and remorseless, 1276
to work for men, 238
what we ought to w., 1055William II, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (1859–1941), 1349William V, Prince of Orange (1748–1806), 890Willing
human beings must be w. … to do battle, 1934Wills and testaments
Henry, Patrick, 207
Hobo’s, 192
Lounsbury, Charles, 192
Rhodes, Cecil John, 499Wilson, Woodrow (1856–1924), 1506Win
as quick as you can, 1918
the fight it may destroy our cause, 1332
how to w., 1222
If we w., nobody will care, 1991
If you w., you are the powerful king’s prisoner, 1449
If you w., you stand only to lose, 1258
in a cause that will some day lose, 1994
land of smash and grab and anything to w., 62
making the effort to w. is [everything], 1990
no one can w. all the time, 653
one [war] much harder to w., 253
or lose, 513
or lose, live or die, 1930
what leads us—… w. or lose, 107
without bloodshed, 1634Wind
be ever at your back, 1478
morning-colored w., 1474Windmills
tilt at w., 4Winds
mastering the w., 1134
of change, 182Wine
days of w. and roses, 460
drinks the man, 34
of an original idea into the water of mediocrity, 874Wings
danced the skies on laughter-silvered w., 603
of the morning, 548Winning, 1987–1990
is not everything, 1990
it’s the only thing, 1990
nothing worth the wear of w., / But laughter and the love of friends, 682Winning and losing, 1991–1994Wins
Britain, of course—always w. one battle—the last, 529
man who w. / Is the one who thinks he can, 1436Winter
it was the spring of hope, it was the w. of despair, 1818Wire-tapping, 1048Wisdom, 1995–2003
artful men overpower their w., 608
characteristic of w. not to do desperate things, 1124
collected w. [of parliaments and councils], 608
comes w. / by the awful grace of God, 1995
don’t consist in knowing more, 966
dubious w. and even more dubious honesty, 1039
exercise our strength with w. and restraint, 662
first step in sociological w., 183
get out of an experience only the w. that is in it, 576
Government is a contrivance of human w., 773
height of w. in the next, 2001
highest w. of a State is, 1038
is the specific Quality of the Legislature, 1036
it was the age of w., it was the age of foolishness, 1818
latent w. will prevail, 426
lingers, 973
makes life endurable, 2002
of patriots and legislators, 839
path to w., 168
perfection of the fear of the Lord is w., 995
source of better ideas is w., 168
submit them to your w., 1669
superior w. and virtue of our own, 53
There is a courageous w., 596
to distinguish the one from the other, 1472
to know what we did not know, 1604
too often never comes, 1998
want of political w., 716
Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such Thing as W., 674Wise
and masterly inactivity, 1038
Everyone honours the w., 1996
government knows how to enforce with temper, 720
remain silent and look w., 681
Thought makes man w., 2002
to love and to be w., 1787
Who is w., 1146
Young men are as apt to think themselves w. enough, 2087Wiser
becomes w. and more foolish, 23
none the w., 26
well birched, and none the w., 26Wisest
of counsellors, 130Wish
This is my w., my goal, my prayer, 65Wishes
what each man w., 1677Wishy-washy
imitation of totalitarianism, 708Wit
recollection for his w., 1175Witch
bold adventures abroad and w. hunts at home, 580Wither
Left to w. is the national purpose, 50Within
attack comes not from the outside but from w., 524
destroyed itself w., 1646Without
conquered from w., 1646Witness
Bear not false w., 1805
Thou shalt not bear false w., 1804Wits
are nimble, 2092Wives, 1777, 2004–2009
God bless our loving w., 1814Wolf
like a vicious w., 2040
[never troubles] how many the sheep be, 1176
strength of the Pack is the W., 1865
strength of the W. is the Pack, 1865Wolfe, James (1727–1759), 1216Woman
any w. would do well who was well done by, 79
behind every man who’s a failure there’s a w., too, 2017
negro w. for a slave, 1702
Patience makes a w. beautiful, 2016
we shall not waste any useful w., 1165
who would tell one that [her real age] would tell one anything, 2018Woman’s
sphere, 2012Women, 2010–2018
Four things greater than all things are,—Women and …, 824
in combat might be too fierce, 1190
[marry] because they are curious, 1169
minimum for the wages of w., 2013
pushing their husbands along, 1777
they [men and women] both distrust w., 2015
unaware that they are hurting w., 1483
unwanted w., 1165
we are indebted to w., 2011
who, to prevent depravation of morals and ambiguity of issue, could not mix promiscuously in the public meetings of men, 1591Won
not that you w. or lost, 1993
some victory for humanity, 1875
Things w. are done, 12
[world] was made to be wooed and w. by youth, 2088Woof
warp of sense and his w. of nonsense, 625Word
difference between the almost right w. and the right w., 540
is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, 2020
Let the w. go forth, 77
may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances, 2020
superfluous w., 2000Words, 2019–2021
if I found the right w., 1276
make w. mean so many different things, 2019
symbols called w., 922
tiresome repetition of inadequate catch w., 1282Wordy
evidence of the fact, 1692Work, 2022–2032
artisans will assuredly be sometimes out of w., 1847
at which you would not be ashamed, 2032
Do the day’s w., 2025
for nothing, 2030
he that will not w. shall not eate, 2031
however hard, for one day, 1104
If you w. for a man, in heaven’s name, w. for him!, 2027
is the grand cure of all the maladies, 2024
mobs should be forced to w., 795
never is done while the power to w. remains, 1115
not done 2026
Nothing is really w., 2023
of a single man 902
save the w. while it is begun, 978
think of your w. with satisfaction, 2032
You w. and I eat, 1703Worker
tiny pushes of each honest w., 2029Workers
are idle, 2022Working
hanging of some w. people, 980Working class
representing not only the w. c., 976Working-classes
what the w. really need, 975Working-men
are the basis of all governments, 976Works
fleet the w. of men, 1220World, 2033–2038
American solution to every w. problem, 1735
becomes contented, 1227
begin the w. over again, 2035
better w. for tomorrow, 157
citizen of the w., 216
citizens of one w., 1481
construct a w. out of it [matter], 2033
cover the whole w. with asphalt, 542
disputed the possession of the w., 1379
divided, 2036
end of the w. has been postponed for three weeks, 455
end of the w. is evidently approaching, 456
Federation of the w., 2038
gloom of the w. is but a shadow, 1467
grows stale and stagnant and sour in decay, 157
in a grain of sand, 196
in arms, 403
in which children are tortured, 190
is large, when its weary leagues two loving hearts divide, 2034
is small, when your enemy is loose on the other side, 2034
is speedily coming to an end, 456
make gentle the life of this w., 1864
might enjoy freedom and inherit peace, 1733
must be coming to an end, 456
nowhere in the w. to go for help, 831
of chaos and danger, 624
of the future, 2036
one third of the w. is asleep, 2037
play a great part in the w., 827
realities of the w., 1371
shape real events in a real w., 622
to suit their policy, 1371
two great nations in the w. … the Russians and the Anglo-Americans, 2045
two-thirds [of the w.] is up to something, 2037
untravell’d w. whose margin fades, 575
vision of the w., 2038
wags on, 374
will make a beaten path to his door, 1780
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful w., 1114
would be a little better place to live, 1397
wrecks in the w., 680
you cannot hurt the w., 2088World domination, 2039–2045World War I (1914–1918), 673, 1942, 2046–2049World War II (1939–1945), 113, 1242, 1276, 1354, 1589, 1870, 1991, 2050–2070World’s
great movements … have flowed from the work of a single man, 902
hope, 2095
a stage, 1158
troubles are not due just to Russia or communism, 1618World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago (1893)
Transportation Building inscription, 815, 1536Worm
invisible and helpless w., 940Worse
from bad to w., 177
I would he were w., 1392Worship
freedom to w., 655
right to w. God, 776
without sacrifice, 1697