Men use women sexually. They use them, mistreat them, even from the point of view of vocabulary, the use of words. It… — Maria Teresa Horta Copy Share Image
“Words are like eggs dropped from great heights. You can't ever put the pieces back together after they hit home.” — Amaleka G. McCall Copy Share Image
When I was in college, there were certain words you couldn't say in front of a girl. Now you can say them,… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
“The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word processor.', I replied, 'They used to say… — Roy Blount Jr Copy Share Image
In school I was sidelined by Tamil language teachers. But in the film industry, I got interested in Tamil poetry after reading… — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
Real change comes when people are enabled to use their thinking and their energy in a new way, using a different system… — Scilla Elworthy Copy Share Image
With children who have never said a word, parents tend to assume, for better or for worse, that there isn't any language… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
I beg you, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“And for some reason she held the sentence suspended without meaning in her mind’s ear, “…quite enough for everybody at present,” she… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression "As pretty as an airport." Airports… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“I confess that neither the structure of language, nor the code of governments, nor the politics of various states possessed attractions for… — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
I see people getting so caught up in celebrating diversity that they are neglecting their commonality. I don't see this as a… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
Human communication above and beyond the words that we say is so nuanced. It makes it difficult to not only analyze the… — Grant Imahara Copy Share Image
Whatever is unnamed, undepicted in images, whatever is omitted from biography, censored in collections of letters, whatever is misnamed as something else,… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
“Language-lovers know that there is a word for every fear. Are you afraid of wine? Then you have oenophobia. Tremulous about train… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
It is not our sexual preferences, the color of our skin, the language we speak, nor the religion we practice that creates… — Yehuda Berg Copy Share Image
For me, the reputation for teaching language in general, and East European languages most particularly, gave Glasgow University, and by reflection the… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I kind of do this awkward body language because, growing up, I had a really hard time expressing myself vocally. — Analeigh Tipton Copy Share Image
The political writer, then, is the ultimate optimist, believing people are capable of change and using words as one way to try… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Never invite someone who is speaking a foreign language in your presence to "Go back to your country." The only time that… — Celia Rivenbark Copy Share Image
“Why no s for two deer, but an s for two monkeys? Brother Quang says no one knows. So much for rules!… — Thanhha Lai Copy Share Image
Collaborating with someone who doesn't understand your language nor you theirs stretches you open even wider, into a sort of very large… — Ron Padgett Copy Share Image
Stop in the middle of a sentence, leaving a rough edge for you to start from the nest day - that way,… — Cory Doctorow Copy Share Image
People in general would rather die than forgive. It's THAT hard. If God said in plain language. "I'm giving you a choice,… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
There is a language of love, which is to say, a truth that does not tell all and a lie that does… — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
“Words matter. Without words you can't have stories and without stories we would never have heard of the Greatcoats.” — Sebastien de Castell Copy Share Image
Bride knoweth bride at the glance of an eye. And between them swiftly passes comfort and meaning in a language that man… — O. Henry Copy Share Image
“When you learn a language, you don't just learn to speak and write a new language. You also learn to be open-minded,… — Mouloud Benzadi Copy Share Image
But to this day - I'm very literate now, I love to read, I read constantly - words don't resonate the way… — Lance Henriksen Copy Share Image
People who are cognitively busy are also more likely to make selfish choices, use sexist language, and make superficial judgments in social… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“For last year's words belong to last year's language And next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is… — T.S. Eliot Copy Share Image
I owe my own fluency with language to Brooklyn. Everyone talked about everything, from the Dodgers to the revolution. — David Meltzer Copy Share Image
When you're writing, your mind has a place where the stories happen. With one word, you can get the idea of where… — Luis Negron Copy Share Image
“Oh, the positive power of an instructed tongue! How many weary people do we encounter day after day who could use a… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
That Awkward moment when your in front of the class making a speech and Spanish teacher try to correct you how to… — Junior Dè Rèál Testament Copy Share Image
“Lips, let sour words go by and language end: What is amiss plague and infection mend! Graves only be men's works and… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“So I "feckup" words sometimes...I write in a colloquial style, so did Mark Twain. Seems I'm in pretty good company.” — Emma Paul Copy Share Image
It is ripe and right time to show that words have actual power lests power becomes so dominent that it shows there… — Anuj Somany Copy Share Image
Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy. — Bela Lugosi Copy Share Image
“Words can express true feelings, true emotions and wisdom. It is up to you to use them wisely... Choose your words carefully… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
