Language Quotes · Page 203

As for love . . . no, having once written that word I can write nothing more.

— Osamu Dazai

Every empty word that you say , makes it easier & easier for me to walk away .

— Brittany Provo

When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words.

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

Thinking is not the ability to manipulate language; it’s the ability to manipulate concepts.

— Leslie Lamport

Three words you said to me in the night... I love you I need you I want you

— Chelsea Harrington

As both a fine artist and a graphic designer, I specialize in the visual presentation of words.

— John Langdon

Nothing translates worse than comedy into the printed word.

— Janeane Garofalo

When people are deeply affected by the Word, they tell it to other people.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Swearing is industry language. For as long as we're alive it's not going to change. You've got to be boisterous to get…

— Gordon Ramsay

“Alex felt the words wash over him. He had the strange fantasy the things were seeking places within him to lay their…

— David Brin

I suppose this is, in part, a cultural thing, but certainly in the U.K., I don't think we're particularly articulate in a…

— Emma D'Arcy

Language is more fashion than science, and matters of usage, spelling and pronunciation tend to wander around like hemlines.

— Bill Bryson

“But spell check and grammar check are like vodka: they are definitely helpful but shouldn’t be solely relied on to solve our…

— Jenny Baranick

You were in my arms for the first time, and you said my name, 'Tristan.' I answered you: 'Isolde.' Isolde. The world…

— Jeanette Winterson

“She learned about Indian words that have been incorporated into American English, like moose and pecan and squash, and Penobscot words like…

— Christina Baker Kline

Words have power. Words created this universe... Everything started with the Word. The Bible says, 'In the beginning was the word.' In…

— Bo Sanchez

I like the sound of that, crashing Monica's party," he glanced at Michael, then quickly away. "What about you? That break some…

— Rachel Caine

“In a world where education is predominantly verbal, highly educated people find it all but impossible to pay serious attention to anything…

— Aldous Huxley

“Out here we speak Malspeak, a mangle of English and old languages like Spanish, Mandarin, and Russian. Dialects from a time when…

— Georgia Clark

One thing I really like about philosophy is that it's possible actually to do work in a wide range of different areas.…

— Richard F. Heck

A poem, being an instance of language, hence essentially dialogue, may be a letter in a bottle thrown out to the sea…

— Paul Celan

“My own conviction is that semiotics provides an escape from the solipsist prison by its stress on the social origins of language--you…

— Walker Percy

If you can't describe your strategy in twenty minutes, simply and in plain language, you haven't got a plan. 'But,' people may…

— Lawrence Bossidy

“Language is an exploratory tool. Linking observations and thoughts in an orderly fashion is the business of a philosopher. A writer is…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“These words have been sanitized for your protection. An adjective and a noun, respectively.”

— Libba Bray

If you don’t like a language, you can go write your own.

— Helen DeWitt

Every word that I say is true all I write its only for you..

— Nishant Grover

I don't use the word minority because there is nothing minor about me.

— Piri Thomas

“They are so beautiful: your words" she told me. And I said "No, you are!”

— Avijeet Das

Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.

— Tamora Pierce

“Sometimes a memory is a thing that can't be explained using words.”

— Cath Crowley

Computer language design is just like a stroll in the park. Jurassic Park, that is.

— Larry Wall

The most honest words are the ones that will never leave your mouth.

— Anonymous

Go learn the language. Go take some acting lessons. Start from zero like everybody else.

— Roselyn Sanchez

“What is word knowledge but a shadow of wordless knowledge?”

— Kahlil Gibran

“Of course, there’s another word for such people: thinkers.”

— Susan Cain

“A thought to ponder: If I couldn't use words to speak, what would my life be saying?”

— Evinda Lepins

“Ease of learning isn’t the primary force in language evolution.”

— Ted Chiang

Because words were hills and valleys you traveled, so lovely sometimes that they hurt your eyes.

— Deb Caletti

There is a form of communication that transcends the power of words.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin