“Say the word. Say the word and I won't go.

Say the word, Qhuinn. Do it and I'll spend the night with you.

Better yet, why don't you just kiss me”

“Don't wanna know your name
You're just my lover
Just wanna spend the night
Walking beside you on the water
You look like my lover
But you're words are cold
You say words like him
But thinking has made you grow old.”

Mike Oldfield (1953) English musician, multi-instrumentalist

“The male who'd just arrived laughed as he embraced Qhuinn. "You havea way with words, cousin. I would say… trucker meets sailor crossed with a twelve-year-old.”

Jessica Bird (1969) U.S. novelist

“I wanna grab the microphone and shout it to the world
Shout it to the world, world
I'm your freaking girl
Anytime you need me, you just have to say the word
Have to say the word, word
I'm your freaking girl”

Erika Jayne (1969) American singer, actress and television personality

“Clive [Davis] tried to tell me that saying certain words in a song- or as he says, ‘putting some balls into it'- isn't bad, it's just strong emotion. Well, there are certain words and emotions I don't want kids hearing, and I'm not changing because they think it's going to sell better. This is going to sound horrible, but I got 12 million votes doing what I did.”

Clay Aiken (1978) singer-songwriter, actor, record producer

“Trump: No, I didn't use the word. I never said the word, Bill. I don't know who told you -- I would never use the word. I didn't say the word. I said, "you can tell them to go [beat of silence] themselves."
O'Reilly: But the lips kind of moved in the --
Trump: Well, they might have. No, I didn't say the word. I wouldn't do that. Even I -- hey Bill, even I wouldn't do that, okay. No, I never said the word.”

Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America

“On soft Spring nights I'll stand in the yard under the stars - Something good will come out of all things yet - And it will be golden and eternal just like that - There's no need to say another word.”

Jack Kerouac book Big Sur

“We don't have to do this. Just say the word and I can have a jet here in an hour. We can go anywhere”

Ally Carter (1974) American writer

“If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loudly. Do not compound mispronunciation with inaudibility”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“Listen carefully, I’m going to say three words.”
“I love you?”

Lisa Scottoline (1955) American writer