“For some reason, Area X was very hard on linguists, almost as hard as it was on priests.” — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
“Silence, because not everything can be expressed in words, Words, because silence needs company...” — Minhal Mehdi Copy Share Image
Negative words are powerful boomerangs so be careful what you say about people and yourself. — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
I Can't De'code The Code_words Language I Don't UnderStand What You want to Ask me — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
Frankly, the reason I joined MENSA is because I was dating a guy at the time who spoke five languages and could… — Ashley Rickards Copy Share Image
A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically. — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
As a person with the retentive mental capacity of a goldfish and a dislike of repetition, I frequently make use of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Language is a cracked kettle on which we bang out tunes to make the bears dance, when what we long for is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Why writers stumble over words when talking? Because we have so much to say, our mouths can't keep up with our brains.” — Ksenia Anske Copy Share Image
“Turn down the daily noise and at first there is the relief of silence. And then, very quietly, as quiet as light,… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I also had this mistaken dream, fantasy really - perhaps because I'm good at languages - of being able in both Italy… — Harry Mathews Copy Share Image
“The secret of mastering creativity in any field is knowing how to work with metaphor without getting caught in language...” — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
“Guys do have a language, and it does express emotion with startling clarity and nuance. The idea that they don’t express their… — Jody Gehrman Copy Share Image
The Gods have meant That I should dance And in some mystic hour I shall move to unheard rhythms Of the cosmic… — Ruth St. Denis Copy Share Image
In the performance of an illocutionary act in the literal utterance of a sentence, the speaker intends to produce a certain effect… — John Searle Copy Share Image
You travel the world, you go see different things. I like to see Shakespeare plays, so I'll go - I mean, even… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
How can you have in our country that is based upon liberality and liberation, be so anti-liberal. That's toxic waste to our… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement,… — Yehuda Berg Copy Share Image
“The soft throb and glow roused in my breast by the gilt letters of four or five different languages winking at me… — Ross King Copy Share Image
Christ desires his mysteries to be published abroad as widely as possible. I would that [the Gospels and the epistles of Paul]… — William Tyndale Copy Share Image