“You may ask, “Who wrote the Vedas?” They were not written. The words are the Vedas. A word is Veda, if I… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
President Obama said that if he could have any superpower, he'd want the ability to speak any language. That's so everyone in… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
“In English there was a word for every object. In Ojibwe there was a word for every action. English had more shades… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
I was stage-struck from an early age. I just loved the language. We lived quite near Stratford so I would cycle and… — Ken Loach Copy Share Image
The language of gardening fuels the senses: talk with your hands, observe with your ears and listen with your eyes. — Costa Georgiadis Copy Share Image
Humble words and increased preparations are signs that the enemy is about to advance. Violent language and driving forward as if to… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Every language will have different nuances. But language cannot be the basis for discrimination or exclusion. — Suhasini Maniratnam Copy Share Image
The questioner has to come to an end. It is the questioner that creates the answer; and the questioner comes into being… — U.G. Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
In my teen years and early twenties I was really interested in this fellaheen worlds that, of course, Kerouac invokes and wanting… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
The economic piece is still missing, since it's so hard to attract industry to reservations, but spiritually and educationally, they're doing just… — James Welch Copy Share Image
One of the characteristics of New Labour - and Miliband is irredeemably of that species - is that, in the guise of… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
I like to think of the individual words, then you put the word in the sentence, then you have to think about… — Ann Goldstein Copy Share Image
The only intelligible language in which we converse with one another consists of our objects in their relation to each other. We… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
Prophetic utterance, like poetic utterance, transforms experience and moves the receiver to new attitudes. The kinds of experience--the recognitions or revelations--out of… — Denise Levertov Copy Share Image
“When men learnt to talk in the beginning of the civilised word they used language not as a means of communication alone… — Charlotte Lamb Copy Share Image
To those who think that liberty is a good thing, and that it may someday be possible for people to live in… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
People who truly mean their noble words are heard and seen through their actions in our one global world. — Anuj Somany Copy Share Image
“I had the dictionary at my elbow. Every now and then I would flip a page, find a large incomprehensible word and… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Of all social institutions language is least amenable to initiative. It blends with the life of society, and the latter, inert by… — Ferdinand de Saussure Copy Share Image
“Through Miss Behave I am attempting to reclaim my voice one word at a time and live my truth to the best… — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
A programming language is for thinking about programs, not for expressing programs you've already thought of. It should be a pencil, not… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“The power of language. Preserving the ephemeral; giving form to dreams, permanence to sparks of sunlight.” — Penelope Lively Copy Share Image
“Today, whether we are doing algebra or playing with the computer, we are, in effect, benefitting from some inheritance of the quest… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
A language does not become fixed. The human intellect is always on the march, or, if you prefer, in movement, and languages… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Having more than one mother language may be a problem sometimes, mainly if they tend to be in conflict with each other. — Jean-Paul Malfatti Copy Share Image
What I felt as a singer is that music and cultural contents are the biggest strengths that go beyond language and go… — Taeyang Copy Share Image
I've made a dog's breakfast of English history, geography, 'King Lear,' and the English language in general. — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
Progress-progress is the dirtiest word in the language-who ever told us- And made us believe it-that to take a step forward was… — Edna St. Vincent Millay Copy Share Image
I think there is a big difference between expressing the pain and anger that many African Americans and other people of color… — Michael Nutter Copy Share Image
The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
The First Amendment...begins with the five loveliest words in the English language: 'Congress shall make no law'. — George Will Copy Share Image
The writer cannot abandon himself simply to inspiration, and feign innocence vis a vis language, because language is never innocent. — Juan Goytisolo Copy Share Image
Almost all words do have colour and nothing is more pleasant than to utter a pink word and see someone's eyes light… — Gladys Taber Copy Share Image
My interest in language is steadfast, but I think each project and its accompanying intentions dictate how language must be used. — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
“It says a lot about Sandberg’s brand of feminism that this campaign focuses on policing language rather than bringing attention to important… — Jessica Roy Copy Share Image
Neither said anything while they embraced. Sometimes words didn't go far enough, the vessels of letters and the ladles of grammar incapable… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
Every different director has another language - for instance, Hitchcock does not like any bright color ever, unless the story says 'there… — Edith Head Copy Share Image
In a film we have limited time and space to say what we have to, hence the visual language and brevity needs… — Kanika Dhillon Copy Share Image
I listened to a lot of tapes of British theatre actresses and tried to learn from them. As Americans, we don't have… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
Prayers have no boundaries. They can leap miles and continents and be translated instantly into any language. — Billy Graham Copy Share Image