“The four cruellest words in the English language are "I told you so.” — Lord Salisbury Copy Share Image
Is there a phrase in the English language more fraught with menace than a tax audit? — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“Words cut deeper than knives. A knife can be pulled out, words are embedded into our souls.” — William Chapman Copy Share Image
Human society, the world, and the whole of mankind is to be found in the alphabet. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I suppose with any good writing and interesting characters, you can have that awfully overused word: a journey. — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
The problem of far greater importance remains to be solved. Rather than build a world in which we shall all live well,… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
I sat staring, staring, staring - half lost, learning a new language or rather the same language in a different dialect. So… — Emily Carr Copy Share Image
“When Montmorency meets a cat, the whole street knows about it; and there is enough bad language wasted in ten seconds to… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“Energy is our true first language. The soul speaks this native tongue in every moment of every day. For it is a… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
I think my love for rhythm in language comes from repeating the same words, the same sounds, over and over again day… — Nathan Englander Copy Share Image
“Words become sentences, twisted, difficult/The story weaves itself, always noisiest at night/As herds of words won't stop. . . " Wildebeest of… — Eileen Granfors Copy Share Image
Conversations I have had with school principals and students lead me to the same conclusion-that...there is an evil and growing habit of… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
The mere existence of 'Buffy' proves the declinists wrong about one thing: Hollywood commercialism can produce great art. Complex and evolving characters.… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
In your relationship with God there are also times when you want to say things and you're trying to find the words… — Nicky Gumbel Copy Share Image
“I knew global warming was killing polar bears, the Chinese population blew past one billion several years ago, and rhythms was the… — Camille Pagán Copy Share Image
I write in the most classical French because this form is necessary for my novels: to translate the murky, floating, unsettling atmosphere… — Patrick Modiano Copy Share Image
I've been very fortunate that the pool of musicians that I know in L.A. are incredible musicians. After playing with cats for… — Everlast Copy Share Image
The language itself, whether you speak it or not, whether you love it or hate it, is like some bewitchment or seduction… — Jan Morris Copy Share Image
You've got to reach towards a better language, and you're not going to make it up from scratch; you've got to reach… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
He told me that once, in the war, he’d come upon a German soldier in the grass with his insides falling out;… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Expression and thought are inextricably linked: crude language permits only crude thinking. — Sarah Churchwell Copy Share Image
It is impossible to disassociate language from science...To call forth a concept, a word is needed. — Antoine Lavoisier Copy Share Image
A poet is a verb that blossoms light in gardens of dawn, or sometimes midnight. — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
The words that I say and things that I do are different than what I mean.~~~ — Francine Chiar Copy Share Image
I subject my sentences and the words to a kind of Grand Inquisition. — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
I always choose to use the word often instead of (unintelligible). Just changing it up, changing it up. — Hayden Panettiere Copy Share Image
In answering an opponent, arrange your ideas, but not your words. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
I talk a lot in metaphors. I get my words out but sometimes they don't make sense. — David Boreanaz Copy Share Image
When you write, you lay out a line of words. Soon you find yourself deep in new territory. — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Our government should speak a common language with the American people - plain English. — Alan Siegel Copy Share Image
The greatest possible mint of style is to make the words absolutely disappear into the thought. — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Consider the way you speak and your use of language; it's a reflection of your warrior spirit. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
My communication with aliens is not verbal - we speak the language of light. — Valeria Lukyanova Copy Share Image
