“No words in any language can pin down exactly how life and death function.” — Roshani Chokshi Copy Share Image
Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art - the art of words. — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
A language that doesn't have everything is actually easier to program in than some that do — Dennis Ritchie Copy Share Image
There is no point in using the word 'impossible' to describe something that has clearly happened. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Technology is a word that describes something that doesn't work yet. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“NEED seemed like a really powerful word - - a powerful word containing a lot of powerlessness.” — Katie Alender Copy Share Image
I don't think the public here buy this idea that women and men speak different comedic languages. — Chris O'Dowd Copy Share Image
I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words. — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
The artist's life is to be where life is, active life, found in neither ivory tower nor concrete shelter; he must be… — Sean O'Casey Copy Share Image
I am fascinated by language in daily life: the way it can evoke an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
He took me from not being able to write a word in terms of writing screenplays to being the king of wooden… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
Half of the time I don't know what they're talking about; their jokes seem to relate to a past that everyone but… — Jean Webster Copy Share Image
The spoken word is nothing. It hardly lives longer than an insect! Only the written word is eternal. - Balbulus — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
There are infinite shadings of light and shadows and colors... it's an extraordinarily subtle language. Figuring out how to speak that language… — Conrad Hall Copy Share Image
You have to be precise. You have to be specific, but you want to be accurate. That is first and foremost. You… — Wolf Blitzer Copy Share Image
I was a scientist. I know where the joy lies. It is wonderful finding a like-minded scientist and delving deep into the… — Randy Olson Copy Share Image
The arts are not a frill. The arts are a response to our individuality and our nature, and help to shape our… — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
“Old English poetry is characterised by a number of poetic tropes which enable a writer to describe things indirectly and which require… — Ronald Carter Copy Share Image
The fact that slang is apt and forceful makes its use irresistibly tempting. Coarse or profane slang is beside the mark, but… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
My bag is approaching something and taking it to another place. Like words-you take a word and by the time you've finished… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Writing keeps me at my desk, constantly trying to write a perfect sentence. It is a great privilege to make one’s living… — John Banville Copy Share Image
To live in a world of photographs is to live in a world of substitutes... or so it seems, whose actual referent… — Sarah Charlesworth Copy Share Image
I still don't feel I know Hitchcock at all. I find that the more one looks, the more elusive he becomes. But… — Toby Jones Copy Share Image
Kindness is a universal language regardless of age, nationality or religion. — Alex Ferguson Copy Share Image
Every drop of human blood contains a history book written in the language of our genes. — Spencer Wells Copy Share Image
Be able to correctly pronounce the words you would like to speak and have excellent spoken grammar. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words. — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
It was my ambition all of my life to be master of the spoken word. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“Words are sometimes great explorers,traveling to destinations that the feet are not able to follow.” — Robert Wolpe Copy Share Image
Language is so important to the Irish, almost regardless of education. — Jessie Buckley Copy Share Image
The poem in the head is always perfect. Resistance begins when you try to convert it into language. — Stanley Kunitz Copy Share Image
She learned to say things with her eyes that others waste time putting into words — Corey Ford Copy Share Image
“[...] words are tricky little bastards, and very rarely say what you want them to say [...]” — Jonathan Coe Copy Share Image
Art Education is as important for a realist artist as an Alphabet is to learn a language. — Igor Babailov Copy Share Image
“common language was a wonderful idea, but utterly utopian. All good ideas were, she said sadly.” — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image