# Can anyone identify this?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this/53733>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 9, 2001, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this/53733 "2001-02-09T03:30:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Chief\_Crunch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@Chief\_Crunch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Crunch)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this/53733/1 "2001-02-09T03:30:47Z")

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I came across this on the internet and was wondering if anyone knew of it’s origins:

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> Words are sounds made solid; images, light, emotions; recorded for others to share. The ovum of an idea needs words to bring it to life. Kids learn words to control the world they see around them, a control they try to impose on the world as they grow older. Worlds are to blame and at the same time blameless. Words are the stars by which we steer our lives, and they are all we leave behind.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Pismonque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/46a35a/32.png) [@Pismonque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pismonque)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this/53733/2 "2001-02-09T05:38:51Z")

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Wish I could ID it for you, but if you don’t get an answer here, you might try the “Who Said It?” forum at  
[[Quoteland.com](http://Quoteland.com)]  
([http://forum.quoteland.com/1/OpenTopic?q=Y&a=frm&s=586192041&f=099191541](http://forum.quoteland.com/1/OpenTopic?q=Y&a=frm&s=586192041&f=099191541)). Good luck!