Those in blue suits who use thinly veiled race symbols -- when they say welfare and crime and three strikes and anti-… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
“we need to listen like every sentence matters, talk like every word counts, and act like every interaction is important.” — Geoffrey Tumlin Copy Share Image
We speak different languages, as usual," responded Woland, "but this does not change the things we speak about. Well?... — Mikhail Bulgakov Copy Share Image
No intelligent man will ever be so bold as to put into language those things which his reason has contemplated. — Plato Copy Share Image
If you discover a word in my book that you don't understand, ask your parents so they can look it up in… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
Language is the mother, not the handmaiden, of thought; words will tell you things you never thought or felt before. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Prose consists less and less of words chosen for the sake of their meaning, and more and more of phrases tacked together… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
"The Dream of a Common Language" by Adrienne Rich. I carried it the entire hike. On my first night, when I felt… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
I think, in terms of looking at the trajectory and being around some of the same people, it's certainly flattering words, but… — Sean McVay Copy Share Image
If I had my way books would not be written in English but in an exceedingly difficult secret language… This plan would… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
“how powerful words could be. They could heal a broken heart. Give hope to the hopeless. Give inspiration to the dispirited. Give… — Melanie Shawn Copy Share Image
The desert is a natural extension of the inner silence of the body. If humanity's language, technology, and buildings are an extension… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
Occasionally, the whole class struggle may be summed up in the struggle for one word against another word. Certain words struggle amongst… — Louis Althusser Copy Share Image
We [me and my husban] like to honor both of our family traditions whenever possible . We show the girls lots of… — Adriana Lima Copy Share Image
To direct actors is difficult. To direct actors in another language is more difficult, but directing non-actors in another language is one… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
How different things might be if, rather than saying "I think I'm in love," we were saying "I've connected with someone in… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
We sit and talk quietly, with long lapses of silence, and I am aware of the stream that has no language, coursing… — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
“First thing you learn travelling the long roads, kid: language is as much in the way you speak as the words you… — Sebastien de Castell Copy Share Image
Whoever said Marriage is a 50-50 proposition laid the foundation for more divorce fees than any other short sentence in our language. — Austin Elliot Copy Share Image
At 14, I started reading popular scripts, wanted to learn Telugu, read books and improve my language. Then I got married at 15. — Sowcar Janaki Copy Share Image
It's really important how you say things because people won't necessarily remember what words you used, but they'll remember how you made… — Brian McDermott Copy Share Image
Mastery of the German language and the acceptance of our legal system has to become part of the criteria for naturalization. — Alice Schwarzer Copy Share Image
I love making up visual works of art in language. I get to be an artist without actually being an artist in… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
Words have a genealogy and it's easier to trace the evolution of a single word than the evolution of a language. — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men’s blood: I… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
In the same way in which music is made of notes and a painting is made of lines of colors, the matter… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
They're only words. You can't be afraid of words that speak the truth, even if it's an unpleasant truth. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“Lately she had decided to purge certain words from her vocabulary and now that she recalled that decision, why not start with… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
Because English is the universal language. No matter where you come from, if you sing in English, you can cross over to… — Lara Fabian Copy Share Image
“The most powerful thing you can give in life is a word.The most dangerous thing you can hear is a word.” — Dr Munroe Copy Share Image
You can't show me a sentence, word, or phoneme that is meaningless; by its nature, language is packed with meaning and emotion. — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share Image
There is Indian time and white man's time. Indian time means never looking at the clock. ... There is not even a… — Mary Brave Bird Copy Share Image
I love the language, it sounds as if it should be writ on satin with syllables which breathe of the sweet South — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
“The writer's job is to turn the unspeakable into words - not just any words, but, if you can, into rhythm and… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I am not musically educated yet. I don't read - I make my own language that works for myself. But I play… — Imelda May Copy Share Image
Any society that starts forbidding certain words or expressions is a society you should be wary about, whether it's the KGB or… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
“Words do not always need a destination. We can leave them behind us at the borders of feelings. Running around headless in… — David Foenkinos Copy Share Image
In writing, punctuation plays the role of body language. It helps readers hear you the way you want to be heard. — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
If you stick a Babel fish in your ear you can instantly understand anything said to you in any form of language. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
It was complicated in Italy - not just for the language, but also for the way I transmitted my messages and my… — Frank de Boer Copy Share Image