Why should it not be the whole function of a word to denote many things? J. L. Austin
For a large class of cases -- though not for all -- in which we employ the word ''meaning'' it can be defined thus the meaning of a word is its use in the language. Ludwig Wittgenstein
I know how to give the meaning of a word but not how to give the intention of a word. Stanley Cavell
And yet shall Love himself be heard, Though long deferred, though long deferred: O'er the modern waste a dove hath whirred: Music is Love in search of a word. Sidney Lanier
It shows the truth - that the real meaning of a word is only as powerful or harmless as the emotion behind it. Sarah Silverman
'Never' is too much of a word. Nothing lasts forever. Martin Van Creveld