I will just take the chance that the language will still be relevant in 100 years, which is something we cannot take… — Sjon Copy Share Image
The long words are not the hard words, it is the short words that are hard. There is much more metaphysical subtlety… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Whatever God's Word says I am - that's what I am! Whatever His Word says I can do - with His help… — Kenneth Copeland Copy Share Image
I never say "Action" or "Cut." Never. I think that would disturb the life from happening in and around everything. — Ramin Bahrani Copy Share Image
Every human being born within the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is in the language of… — John Bingham Copy Share Image
I speak and speak, [...] but the listener retains only the words he is expecting. [...] It is not the voice that… — Marco Polo Copy Share Image
If the writer is a woman, feminist or not, it will give the language something that it would not have if it… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Prefer the familiar word to the far-fetched. Prefer the concrete word to the abstract. Prefer the single word to the circumlocution. Prefer… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Language of Sand has something for everyone: myths, mystery, community, humor, grief, and ultimately healing. I found myself not only rooting… — Brunonia Barry Copy Share Image
When we developed written language, we significantly increased our functional memory and our ability to share insights and knowledge across time and… — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
I became religious and at 14 went to a boarding school 500 miles from home to begin theological studies. By the time… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
I'm a first-time father, and it was amazing to me to learn that my son could actually use sign language before the… — Matt Reeves Copy Share Image
The way the educational system in Russia works is studying a foreign language is part of the program, so by the time… — Costa Ronin Copy Share Image
I don't speak Spanish, and I get so much crap for it. Oddly enough, it was the first language I learned, but… — Ryan Guzman Copy Share Image
I think that this vein is close to being mined out already, but I'll say that my knowledge of and talent for… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
Words are humanity's greatest natural resource, but most of us have trouble figuring out how to put them together. Words aren't cheap.… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
Carmen's first language is Spanish. I only speak Spanish with her... and with Alec she is smart enough to know that she… — Hilaria Baldwin Copy Share Image
Music is the one universal language. It's your best friend when the chips are down, and it's better than any energy drink… — Dave Smalley Copy Share Image
I am interested in 18th century natural philosophy, science, particularly botany, the study of hybridity in plants and animals, which, of course,… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
Obviously I speak English well, that was not a major problem for me, but it's always different the confidence you have speaking… — Ruben Dias Copy Share Image
“My voice goes after what my eyes cannot reach, with the twirl of my tongue I encompass words and volumes of words” — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Speech sounds cannot be understood, delimited, classified and explained except in the light of the tasks which they perform in language. — Roman Jakobson Copy Share Image
The jargon of authenticity ... is a trademark of societalized chosenness, ... sub-language as superior language. — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
“Language is a bountiful gift and its usage, an elaboration of community and society, is a sacred work.” — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
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All I care about is that the audience should remember me for the character I play. I want to be part of… — Jisshu Sengupta Copy Share Image
I think when dictionaries define words, there's a sort of hair-splitting that to most people doesn't make any sense, which is we're… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
The word is a force you cannot see, but you can see the manifestation of that force, the expression of the word,… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
I felt like I was a bit more respected when I started to paint. It was like revealing my diary, but in… — Heart Evangelista Copy Share Image
It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in a language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs. — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
Music, the word we use in our everyday language, is nothing less than the picture of our Beloved. It is because music… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
In the beginning there was the word. The word was Jah. The word is in I, Jah is in I. I make… — Peter Tosh Copy Share Image
It's interesting, editing can be so immersive for me that I've noticed that the authors I edit have a pretty profound effect… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
I am firmly of the opinion that people who can’t speak have nothing to say. It’s one more thing we do to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I wish life was not so short. Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious. — Bjarne Stroustrup Copy Share Image
We recognised Urdu as the second official language and made it a medium of examination in all Bihar Public Service Commission tests. — Lalu Prasad Yadav Copy Share Image
So learning to play a new instrument, learning a new language - those sorts of things will pay dividends for years or… — Dan Buettner Copy Share Image
I always tell young journalists to leverage what you have. If you have a particular language skill or access to a particular… — Mariana van Zeller Copy Share Image
I am always being told off for using bad language but it's sort of lovely really, because it makes me think of… — Kathy Burke Copy Share Image
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