Better than a meaningless story of a thousand words is a single word of deep meaning which, when heard, produces peace. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“Rather than using these pages for a boring English lesson, I will simply encourage you to become keenly aware and pay close… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
Whoever you are, you've got to start from where you are. If you're a sailor, and only know sailor's language, well, write… — Peter Levi Copy Share Image
“A civil tongue speaks the language of masters. An uncivil tongue reveals character flaws of its master.” — John R. Dallas Jr Copy Share Image
Our language and literature are without a doubt Britain's greatest contribution to the cultural heritage of the world. — Tessa Jowell Copy Share Image
Charlie Studd has written me a delightful letter... He thinks the Chinese language was invented by the devil to prevent the Chinese… — Ion Keith-Falconer Copy Share Image
“Language is everything, since it is the voice of no one, since it is the very voice of things, the waves and… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty Copy Share Image
...words are in a way our godly sharing in the work of creation, and the speaking and writing of words is at… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
“Notes and chords have become my second language and, more often than not, that vocabulary expresses what I feel when language fails… — Anthony Bozza Slash Copy Share Image
We believe we can also show that words do not have exactly the same psychic "weight" depending on whether they belong to… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
“It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words. Of course the great wastage is in the verbs and adjectives, but there are… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
There are only two feelings, Love and fear: There are only two languages, Love and fear: There are only two activities, Love… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
I make the case in the book that Standard English, that language we all aspire to live and move and have our… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
In every language, the first word after "Mama!" that every kid learns to say is "Mine!" A system that doesn't allow ownership,… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
Of the modes of persuasion furnished by the spoken word there are three kinds. The first kind depends on the personal character… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Heart and Brain are the two lords of life. In the metaphors of ordinary speech and in the stricter language of science,… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
“Do you mean that we have more words than we need, I mean that we have too few feelings, Or that we… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
I've always seen myself in sentences. I begin to recognize myself, word by word, as I work through a sentence. — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
Think of words as instruments characterized by their use, and then think of the use of a hammer, the use of a… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
I am a straight, non-alcoholic, non-partying guy who speaks straight. I have no knowledge of literature. This is my language of communication,… — Yo Yo Honey Singh Copy Share Image
I didn't know the technical language of filmmaking, so I said, 'OK, I'm going to do my own storyboard,' because I had… — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
People who passionately want to believe that the world is basically simple react to this with a fury that goes beyond what… — Bjarne Stroustrup Copy Share Image
If one were to say but few words, though ones with meaning, one would do better than to say many that were… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
“But there were so many words out there, more words than she could ever hope to learn. How could she choose just… — Kerrigan Bane Copy Share Image
“How can anyone underestimate the ballistic quality of words? Invisible things happen in intangible moments. What should keep us writing is precisely… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
I dislike Allegory - the conscious and intentional allegory - yet any attempt to explain the purport of myth or fairytale must… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Silence is no weakness of language. It is, on the contrary, its strength. It is the weakness of words not to know… — Edmond Jabes Copy Share Image
Sir, when two people have the extraordinary quality of this state, words are not necessary. Where that quality of love exists, words… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I love languages (I speak French and Spanish and have been studying Russian) and accents; so one definite dream role would be… — Sundra Oakley Copy Share Image
My word is noting if the circumstance change after I made my decision. Because I am no fool to keep my word,… — Glen Rambharack Copy Share Image
“Ever word collector sure know that feeling, whether you've been catching songs or poems or stories. You've been caught in the magic."… — Natalie Lloyd Copy Share Image
You can make initial contact with someone who does not speak your language with signs or smiles, but to communicate you need… — Geoffrey Dutton Copy Share Image
Synergy is the only word in our language that means behavior of whole systems unpredicted by the separately observed behaviors of any… — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
Spanish is actually my first language, growing up, and I understand the culture. I understand the culture; I understand what the people… — Henry Cejudo Copy Share Image
I'm like part of the Kurt Cobain school of writing lyrics, which is the syntax of the words is more important than...… — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
For words are magical formulae. They leave finger marks be hind on the brain, which in the twinkling of an eye become… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“No gun, no sword, no army or king will ever be more powerful than a sentence. Swords may cut and kill, but… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Words aren’t meant to be kept inside, you see. They are free creatures, and if locked away will unsettle the stomach.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Words cant describe how much I hate when you have to introduce yourself to the whole class even though everyone already knows… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
