“I wish I could convey the perfection... But language founders in such seas” — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“That's all I ever need to hear. Those three words? Always those three words” — Jennifer L. Armentrout Copy Share Image
Economics is like the Dutch language - I'm told it makes sense, but I have my doubts. — John Oliver Copy Share Image
“Any dictionary, no matter how well made, was destined to go out of date. Words were living things.” — Shion Miura Copy Share Image
All that we are and all that we've ever felt, words have felt it first. — Kiki Dimoula Copy Share Image
If conversation be an art, like painting, sculpture, and literature, it owes its most power charm to nature; and the least shade… — Henry Theodore Tuckerman Copy Share Image
When you can have anything you want by uttering a few words, the goal matters not, only the journey to it. — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
I doubt that national languages will disappear. In fact, to some extent they're becoming more diverse, like in Europe. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Language is clumsy, understanding is subjective, religion is obstructive. We must rise above these obstacles to achieve complete being. — Kate Miller Copy Share Image
But for the unquiet heart and brain A use in measured language lies; The sad mechanic exercise Like dull narcotics numbing pain. — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
Language is decanted and shared. If only one person is left alive speaking a language - the case with some American Indian… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
We may not see the connection between the name Jesus and the phrase "save his people from their sins," but Joseph would… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
We have a president for whom English is a second language. He's like 'We have to get rid of dictators,' but he's… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
Some of my unhappiest moments have been in organizations. Somehow it seems to be quite respectable to do things in organizations that… — Charles Handy Copy Share Image
I promised myself that I would write as well as I can, tell the truth, not to tell everything I know, but… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Even though I loved the song [My Yiddish Momme] and it was a sensational hit every time I sang it, I was… — Sophie Tucker Copy Share Image
“Most of all I found myself listening- listening in the acutely active way that makes dialogue a truly hermeneutical act. Hermeneutics is… — James W. Fowler Copy Share Image
The psychology of a language which, in one way or another, is imposed upon one because of factors beyond one's control, is… — Edward Sapir Copy Share Image
80-percent of 'Enter the Void' is a traditional narrative movie. I suppose it's more similar to 'Jacob's Ladder' or 'Videodrome' than it… — Gaspar Noe Copy Share Image
I always listen to music while I'm working and I always read aloud to my wife. I love to read aloud to… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
What infuriates me is that in America violence is judged in context, whereas language is not. So with language there is an… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
“Your pen must not only create words, it must carve a story into something touching human or beyond.” — Nyhterides Copy Share Image
“You don’t know a language, you live it. You don’t learn a language, you get used to it.” — Benny Lewis Copy Share Image
The language of pornography is abusive, that of romance adoring. Both are addressed to a fetish. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called "weasel words." — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
![“Even though I loved the song [My Yiddish Momme] and it was a sensational hit every time I sang it, I was always careful to use it only when I knew the majority of the house would understand Yiddish. However, you didn't have to be a Jew to be moved by 'My Yiddish Momme.' 'Mother' in any language…” quote by Sophie Tucker](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/978/sophie-tucker-30883_careful_even-though-i-loved-the-song-my-yiddish_1564901.jpg)
