A great city may be seen as the construction of words as well as stone. — Yi-Fu Tuan Copy Share Image
“ Bentham was an atheist and in no sense of the word could he be described as a theologian.” — James E. Crimmins Copy Share Image
“Perhaps sex isn't of the body at all. Perhaps it is a function of language.” — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
“To deny access to translation and interpreting services oppresses human rights and violates laws.” — Nataly Kelly Copy Share Image
One effect that the Nobel Prize seems to have had is that more Arabic literary works have been translated into other languages. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
Similarly, although we use prepositional phrases when we write, we apparently don't write more effectively when we can label our language in… — Lucy Calkins Copy Share Image
Words and ideas are a description of reality, silence is a negation of reality. What is the reality itself? — John Daido Loori Copy Share Image
If God had so wished, he would have made all Indians speak with one language ... the unity of India has been… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
“A friend asks, "Tell me one word which is significant in any kinds of relationship." Another friend says, "LISTEN!” — Santosh Kalwar Copy Share Image
Words aren't hurting anybody. Words are not causing any damage, not expressly and not directly. But we're so focused on the words. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“Consciousness is reflected in the word like the sun in a drop of water. Lev Vygotsky--Thought and Language” — Vygotsky Copy Share Image
Wherever I go, I have to speak English, which is my second language. So whenever you get a chance to speak in… — Ivica Zubac Copy Share Image
The problem with words is that they easily lose their meaning. Say something often enough and it becomes a tic, not an… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Because it's my first language, all the literature that I've read and all the things that I've been inspired by that have… — Gwenno Copy Share Image
“Every text is unique and, at the same time, it is the translation of another text. No text is entirely original because… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
“The pastoral task with words is not communication but communion - the healing and restoration and creation of love relationships between God… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“Jay: Looks like you misspelled the Treaty of Versailles. Sara: Yeah, well. My brother's natural ability for languages didn't rub off on… — Tracy Bilen Copy Share Image
“authoritarian institutions, such as governments and churches, do not use language but jargon, repetitive phrases that are not supposed to have meaning… — Norman Cantor Copy Share Image
“The fact that in the twentieth century a greater proportion of the people in the world could communicate with one another, using… — Andrew Dalby Copy Share Image
This word "description" may be disconcerting when used to refer to what is generally called a translation. But when one wishes to… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
