“the word silence is still a sound, to speak is in itself to imagine knowing; and to no longer know, it would… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
One of the lesser-known ways of making new words is to form a blend - and a blend is when you run… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
Obviously, it's some kind of freely commanded modality in the psyche with which we can have a relationship if we will but… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
People appreciate those who've enabled them to watch highly entertaining movies by demolishing the language barrier. — Rajesh Khattar Copy Share Image
Our heritage as actors goes back thousands of years, and we have to feel as comfortable in the clothes, and the language… — Stella Adler Copy Share Image
“We learned the seven traditional ways to make words unclear." "Seven? That many? Which was the most effective?" "Poor grammar skills.” — Lita Burke Copy Share Image
The only thing that kept us from going bigger worldwide was the language barrier. All the corn that we did on 'Hee… — Roy Clark Copy Share Image
With languages, you can move from one social situation to another. With languages, you are at home anywhere. — Edmund de Waal Copy Share Image
We note the increasing coarseness of language and understand how Lot must have felt when he was, according to Peter, "vexed with… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
“Only by the aid of language does reason bring about its most important achievements, namely the harmonious and consistent action of several… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“A word?" the Sicilian said, raising his arms. His mile was more angelic than his face Buttercup halted. "Speak." "We are but… — William Goldman Copy Share Image
Once you have a handle on loving yourself, you can practice sharing that love with others. You’ve probably been taught to reserve… — Dossie Easton Copy Share Image
I understand signifiers. We're social creatures and we have a physical language of communicating with each other. But it would be a… — Casey Legler Copy Share Image
Every page was once a blank page, just as every word that appears on it now was not always there, but instead… — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
Not long time ago there was a striking example of the extent to which English has diverged: a television company put out… — Larry Trask Copy Share Image
The only reality we can ever truly know is that of our perceptions, our own consciousness, while that consciousness, and thus our… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
“Words are born in thought, leaving lips, they acquire soul in the ears, yet sometimes this auditory magic does not make it… — Paulo Lins Copy Share Image
One great part of every human existence is passed in a state which cannot be rendered sensible by the use of wideawake… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
The power to express love or hate. The power to give or take. The power to heal or harm. Choose your words… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I used some vivid language that, if I could take it back, I'd take it back. It's not my intention to be… — Paul O'Neill Copy Share Image
“I love the juxtaposition of these words. I love the incongruity, the oddity, the very strangeness of their nearness. Dizzy Gillespie. Pakistan.… — Maliha Masood Copy Share Image
It is often too easy to explain a novel idea to a few enlightened persons with a few words. But to enlighten… — Anuj Copy Share Image
Express everything you like. No word can hurt you. None. No idea can hurt you. Not being able to express an idea… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
Language, in its origin and essence, is simply a system of signs or symbols that denote real occurrences or their echo in… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
I can do pretty good work in various short forms, but anything over 1400 words, I'd be of no use. I like… — Peter Schjeldahl Copy Share Image
If you know how to handle the verbs, you know how to handle the language. Everything else is just vocabulary. — Michel Thomas Copy Share Image
Writing is finally about one thing: going into a room alone and doing it, putting words on paper that have never been… — William Goldman Copy Share Image
There are no clear boundary lines between what is physiological, what is psychological, and what is spiritual. Those are language domains that… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
All of the life-changing awesome words and pictures and ideas inside your library are useless without just one word outside your library:… — Mo Willems Copy Share Image
The incarnate Word is with us, is still speaking, is present always, yet leaves no sign but everything that is. — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
I think the cinema you like has more to do with silence, and the theater you like has more to do with… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
We don't need more divisive language or programs and policies that are going to tear the fabric of the nation apart. — Blase J. Cupich Copy Share Image
Learn to feel sorry for music because, although it is the international language, it has no swear words. — Billy Connolly Copy Share Image
“word is like a sword; you should be wise when to use it or it'll kill and ruin everything you did in… — A Thaselia Copy Share Image
By emphasizing the importance of a common language, we safeguard a proud legacy and help to ensure that America's future will be… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Words are a big deal to me. I'm verbal and visual and I'm always struggling to find a way to smash those… — Arthur Jones Copy Share Image
When you look a certain way, or you have a certain presence, people take someone else's word over yours. — Machine Gun Kelly Copy Share Image
one should always talk well about oneself! The word spreads around and in the end, noone remembers where it started — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
That choice to be ready to reject all other purposes, in favor of the possibilities of language freed from utility, is when… — Matthew Zapruder Copy Share Image
I think photography is a universal language as far as storytelling goes, and I think that's what it's most successful at. — Mary Mattingly Copy Share Image
