“What's the trick to remembering that a sandwich is masculine? What qualities does it share with anyone in possession of a penis?… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
On the board was a list of words and phrases which her mother considered not suitable for use in college T-shirt design.… — Hilary McKay Copy Share Image
Obstacles are necessary companions to expression, and we know that the positive element in language is not in its obstructiveness. Exclusively viewed… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
It's odd, and a little unsettling, to reflect upon the fact that English is the only major language in which "I" is… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
By emphasizing the importance of a common language, we safeguard a proud legacy and help to ensure that America's future will be… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
To me, the term 'middle-class' connotes a safe, comfortable, middle-of-the road policy. Above all, our language is 'middle-class' in the middle of… — Christian Morgenstern Copy Share Image
From 1940 to about 1960, I had been writing just regular comics, the way my publishers wanted me too. He didn't want… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
“Dictionopolis is the place where all the words in the world come from. They're grown right here in our orchards." "I didn't… — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
“Lacan, as we have seen in our discussion of Freud, regards the unconscious as structured like a language. This is not only… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
Welsh is my mother tongue, and my children speak it. If you come and live in this community you'll work out pretty… — Bryn Terfel Copy Share Image
I am my own worst critic, and I look at 'Death Sentence' now, and I go, 'Oh wow, I have really come… — James Wan Copy Share Image
Once a story is set to a particular city, language and culture, the rest just follows. — Rockline Venkatesh Copy Share Image
language can't be appropriated by one person, one poet. The words belong to all of us. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
The selective instinct of the artist tells him when his language should be homely, and when it should be more elevated; and… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
Sometimes you only need to have a few words with a person to know you would like to have many more. — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“Human words are very powerful—even simple ones. They can create or they can destroy, depending on what is said and how it… — Tara Pollard Copy Share Image
Language does not leave fossils, at least not until it has become written. — Richard Brautigan Copy Share Image
[M]ilitary metaphors have more and more come to infuse all aspects of the description of the medical situation. Disease is seen as… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
It is the nature of aphoristic thinking to be always in a state of concluding; a bid to have the final word… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Fear is unnatural. Lightning and thunder are unnatural. Pain, death, reality, these are all unnatural. We can't bear these things as they… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in the 20th century. — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
I don't like the word 'because' BECAUSE it is often followed by unconvincing explanation . — Mohammad MUSTAFA Copy Share Image
What Bradbury had that most other science-fiction writers didn't have at that time was a love for beautiful language, evocative description, and… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
To be a tourist is to escape accountability. Errors and failings don't cling to you the way they do back home. You're… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
In my father's language: "To create something out of nothing." That possibility exists in India even in old-world sectors like agriculture. — Mukesh Ambani Copy Share Image
A good word is better than silence and silence is better than evil talks. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I experienced many moments when we were able to overcome language barriers. When they like something during our shows, American audiences would… — Yui Mizuno Copy Share Image
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