“Says Robert Roth in Story and Reality: “For the Greeks . . . words were definitions. . . . For the Hebrews, on the contrary, words were descriptions.” 14” — Eugene L. Lowry Copy Share Image
The alt-right for me is primarily a cultural reaction to the nannying and language policing and authoritarianism of the progressive left -… — Milo Yiannopoulos Copy Share Image
“Language, when it finally comes, has the vigor of a felon pardoned after twenty-one years on hold. Sudden, raw, stripped to its… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
My mother always told me I had to do 100 times better than a man. I had to work hard at maths,… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
The importance of an artist is to be measured by the quantity of new signs which he has introduced to the language… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
“As long as one is ruled by illusion, one’s thinking process is also illusory and that is nothing but misery. In Gnanis’… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“I know that fewer people are won over by the written word than by the spoken word and that every great movement… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
It's interesting to help someone find their vocabulary. There would not have been a De Niro without a Scorsese. — Jason Patric Copy Share Image
Once I spoke the language of the flowers, Once I understood each word the caterpillar said, Once I smiled in secret at… — Shel Silverstein Copy Share Image
The mathematician starts with a few propositions, the proof of which is so obvious that they are called self-evident, and the rest… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
And it is a singular truth that, though a man may shake off national habits, accent, manner of thinking, style of dress,--though… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
It is an absolute privilege to be able to speak another language and have it be something you grew up with. I… — Lucy Liu Copy Share Image
“Back when I’d been sick, I’d always dreaded hearing other words. Spread. Lymph nodes. Amputation. Those words, those possibilities, make you grow… — Mariana Zapata Copy Share Image
“Speech baffled my machine. Helen made all well-formed sentences. But they were hollow and stuffed--linguistic training bras. She sorted nouns from verbs,… — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
“The Internet," [Judy] Singer said, "is a prosthetic device for people who can't socialize without it." For anyone challenged by language and… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
“I love words. I thank you for hearing my words. I want to tell you something about words that I think is… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
The masterless man . . . afflicted with the magic of the necessary words. . . . Words that may become alive… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Two of the chief defenders of the faith in the Old Testament and in the New - Moses and Paul - were… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
In 'A Royal Affair' I had to learn to act like a queen and learned Danish. It's so much different to act… — Alicia Vikander Copy Share Image
I have this little thing that people call Keegan-ese, where I don't speak English words at all. I just say stuff like,… — Keegan-Michael Key Copy Share Image
We live not only in a world of thoughts, but also in a world of things. Words without experience are meaningless. — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
I'm more of a wordsmith, so I like taking different words and trying to see what I can do with them -… — Rakim Copy Share Image
Whenever one reads of the determination of the species, or opens a book on natural science and history, in whatever language, one… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You know what you do? You know how rain takes the colour out of everything? That's what you do to the English… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
The Macedonian people and their kings were of Greek stock, as their traditions and the scanty remains of their language combine to… — J. B. Bury Copy Share Image
What I liked about Greece was [...] the impressive force of the language itself, unconfined by dictionaries, spoken in the streets, in… — Peter Levi Copy Share Image
“Sentences take shape from the words that are stacked on top of one another in the dusty chambers of my mind, waiting… — Minka Pradelski Copy Share Image
Language also encodes our past. We want to know who we are. To know who we are, we have to know who… — Andrzej Wajda Copy Share Image
“Think, for example, of the words which you perhaps utter in this space of time. They are no longer part of this… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
The key is that Jesus does want to speak to us-to you-today. In your own language, just as a friend would speak.… — Wally Armstrong Copy Share Image
The written word has taught me to listen to the human voice, much as the great unchanging statues have taught me to… — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
For most of my life, I have received messages - images and worded communications, sometimes even in an ancient language - that… — Shari Arison Copy Share Image
Each culture might lend its own dialect, but above all that is the language of music itself, and it doesn't care about… — Geoff Zanelli Copy Share Image
Funny how words in one language get used in another language. For example, 'scotch' in Russian is tape and 'pampers' means diapers. — Sunita Williams Copy Share Image
When you become fluent with language, it means you can write an entry in your journal or tell a joke to someone… — Mitchel Resnick Copy Share Image
The racism in South Asia is the most specific racism in the world. It's like racism against a slightly different language group.… — Riz Ahmed Copy Share Image
“Some words are sweet but unprotifable! Some are bitter but important. First weigh your words on the counter of integrity and speak… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I usually just speak in English when I'm on the basketball court. For some reason, my mind never even tried to cross… — Dikembe Mutombo Copy Share Image
“He grew interested in words as a means of communicating thoughts and feelings, and majored in linguistics in college.” — Shion Miura Copy Share Image
“There are no words. It was like The Lord of the Rings and All My Children made a baby with the Macho… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
![“As long as one is ruled by illusion, one’s thinking process is also illusory and that is nothing but misery. In Gnanis’ [the enlightened one’s] language, there is no such thing as happiness or unhappiness.” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/8ab/dada-bhagwan-31_enlightened_as-long-as-one-is-ruled-by-illusion-one_3020944.jpg)
![“The Internet," [Judy] Singer said, "is a prosthetic device for people who can't socialize without it." For anyone challenged by language and social rules, a communication system that does not operate in real time is a godsend.” quote by Andrew Solomon](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/93e/andrew-solomon-1140_autism_the-internet-judy-singer-said-is-a-prost_1297343.jpg)
![“What I liked about Greece was [...] the impressive force of the language itself, unconfined by dictionaries, spoken in the streets, in cafés and in the country.” quote by Peter Levi](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/c74/peter-levi-73879_country_what-i-liked-about-greece-was-the-impres_572808.jpg)
