Language Quotes · Page 266

“Words are tears that have been written down. Tears are words that need to be shed.”

— Paulo Coelho

“Something is wrong with a sentence when you can delete words and not sense the loss.”

— Sylvan Barnet

“They wanted to be nouns, but they were, and eternally must be, mere adjectives.”

— C. S. Lewis

It's not that I don't like words. There's sometimes no need for words.

— Claire Denis

Don't underestimate the seductive power of a decent vocabulary.

— Nikhil Saluja

I like the feeling of words doing as they want to do and as they have to do.

— Gertrude Stein

The language of young men is pull down and destroy; but an old man speaks of conciliation.

— Chinua Achebe

I've learned to say Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke in 6 languages.

— Nikhil Saluja

The first problem of the media is posed by what does not get translated, or even published in the dominant political languages.

— Jacques Derrida

All we need to do, reader or writer, from first line to final page, is be as open as a book, and…

— Ali Smith

“Powerful words come with powerful intent. Where you have passion, strength, courage, and determination you can accomplish anything!”

— K.L. Toth

The language of any joint statement between two countries is mulled over many times before it becomes final.

— Nirmala Sitharaman

Past, present and future are not amenities of language. Time unfolds into the seamsof being. It passes through you, making and shaping.

— Don DeLillo

“Try 1100 Words You Need to Know by Bromberg and Gordon. If you don’t want to know that many more words, try…

— Anonymous

I find labels "liberal" and "conservative" of little meaning. Our language has become perverted along with the thoughts of many of us.

— Studs Terkel

Words become sentences, twisted, difficult/The story weaves itself, always noisiest at night/As herds of words won't stop. .

— Ritu Ghatourey

The transition state of manners and language cannot be too often insisted upon: for this affected the process at both ends, giving…

— George Saintsbury

“We can learn to pay attention, concentrate, devote ourselves to authors. We can slow down so we can hear the voice of…

— Thomas Newkirk

There is nothing else in magic but the wild thought of the bird as it casts itself into the void. There is…

— Susanna Clarke

You, the Spirit of the Settlement! ... Not understand that America is God's crucible, the great melting-pot where all the races of…

— Israel Zangwill

I get a lot of comics, and I can look at a comic and tell immediately whether I'll enjoy it or not.…

— Jack Kirby

The universe seems to me infinitely strange and foreign. At such a moment I gaze upon it with a mixture of anguish…

— Eugene Ionesco

“... it's all words and only words, and beyond the words there's nothing... a word, which, like all the others, can only…

— José Saramago

If we have to prove our Europeanism by accepting that French is the dominant language in the Community, then my answer is…

— James Callaghan

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.

— Joseph Brodsky

I've built my homeland, I've even founded my state - in my language.

— Mahmoud Darwish

The task that we face today is to understand the language of nature.

— Paul Stamets

“Trying to take away someone’s language is usually the first step in trying to change them.”

— C. N. Lester

The power of words can repair all that I've destroyed.

— Anonymous

“He is in charge of it all, has the final word on everything.”

— Anonymous

The first goal of writing is to have one's words read successfully.

— Robert Breault

Listen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love

— Anonymous

I grew up in France, my first language was French, and I tend to gravitate towards French cooking.

— Robert Stack

Whatever has been voted the most annoying word in the world for 3 years in a row.

— Unknow

Realize now the power that your words command if you simply choose them wisely.

— Tony Robbins

Language can't solve everything, of course, but it does carry our dreams and our ideas.

— Gloria Steinem

Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass.

— Anonymous

who has not experienced, at some time or other, that words had all the relief of tears?

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

I believe in the capacity of India to offer nonviolent battle to the English rulers.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Words are wind, and the wind that blows exiles across the narrow sea seldom blows them back.”

— George R.R. Martin