“Somehow, my whole existence had become a really complicated word problem. I'd always sucked at those.” — Rachel Hawkins Copy Share Image
“Words on a page were seductive, free, inviting everyone, without distinction.” — Leila Aboulela Copy Share Image
Out of 1.6 billion Muslims, perhaps only 300 million actually understand the language of the Koran. — Mosab Hassan Yousef Copy Share Image
Words that are carefully framed and spoken are the most powerful means of communication there is. — Nancy Duarte Copy Share Image
Television: The word is half Greek, half Latin. No good can come of it. — C. P. Scott Copy Share Image
The slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Language is a very complicated thing, and that's one of the reasons why I like making photographs. — Catherine Opie Copy Share Image
I grew up with a grandmother from another country and having a different language in my house. That gave me an ear… — Alex Borstein Copy Share Image
We want our men and women to be closely attuned to the cultures in which they operate and to speak the local… — Gina Haspel Copy Share Image
Words are not in the power of men; men are in the power of words. Every time we open our mouths, a… — Hermann Bahr Copy Share Image
At first Babel longed for the use of just two words: Yes and No. But he knew that just to utter a… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
He turned, as he spoke, a peculiar look in her direction, a look of hatred unless he has a most perverse set… — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
I have never been someone who chooses a film according to the language. Since I am comfortable with Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam,… — Meghana Raj Copy Share Image
By understanding a machine-oriented language, the programmer will tend to use a much more efficient method; it is much closer to reality. — Donald Knuth Copy Share Image
“... yes I speak a different language - the dark fire of poetry - it flutters and gutters in tune with the mood ...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
If you make a book which is little more than putting a television script on the page, and add a few pictures,… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
But suicides have a special language. Like carpenters they want to know which tools. They never ask why build. Twice I have… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
Several factors besides skill are more significant in professional writers than in most amateurs. One is love of the surface level of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The words came fast and slow, because the act of writing plunged me so wantonly down slippery avenues of thought that frequently… — Leah Hager Cohen Copy Share Image
I want to feel my own nothingness, I want to give myself up in absolute resignation to God, to lie prostrate and… — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
“You think—I dare say that our chief job is inventing new words. But not a bit of it We’re destroying words—scores of… — Orwell, George Copy Share Image
“Writing barely differs from Talking and Reading. It appoints your hand while they engage your mouth and eyes respectively. The trio need… — Olaotan Fawehinmi Copy Share Image
[...] "I recall what you said to me once," Will went on. "That words have the power to change us. Your words… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image