“If. A two-letter word for futility.”

“Or. I hate that word. It’s two letters long and stuffed to the gills with reasonable doubt.”

“Two men dressed in white jeans with white caps on their heads.... climbing over a large sign of white letters. Of course, the words spell something, but that is unimportant. What is important is their white, and the white of the letters.”

“If one removes the first two letters from this word 'spoil' he soon realizes what Russia will really be after — obviously, oil.”

“There are words agreeable to the eye (in the same way there are words agreeable to the ear). By a fortunate combination of the letters that form them or by the harmony of these letters. For each letter has its shape.”

“The word 'listen' contains the same letters as the word 'silent.”

“Now, look, baby, 'Union' is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.”

“Life is a four-letter word.”

“Words, in the final analysis, are just about as futile as actions, and much less fun.”

“is a futile word. It's about what didn't happen. It belongs in a parallel universe. It belongs in another dimension of space.”