The second effort was spreading the word among the people, first, in a bid to raise their morale, and second to instil… — Hassan Nasrallah Copy Share Image
In language that is searing and lyrical, evocative and precise, this exceptional book thinks with the zombies, specters, felons, slaves, dogs, cadavers,… — Donna J. Haraway Copy Share Image
“Her words were as sharp as an eyeful of sand. She never raised her voice. It was the kind of voice that… — Monica Ali Copy Share Image
“I have to cry out here that language is all we have for the delicacy and truth of telling, that words are… — Janet Frame Copy Share Image
Perhaps of all the creations of man language is the most astonishing. — Lytton Strachey Copy Share Image
Our words froze in midair and we had to put them in a frying pan to thaw them so we hear what… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Languages have complicated family trees, you know—mixed marriages, stepchildren, even bastards. There are countless scandals in the history of languages, many murders,… — Lauren Kate Copy Share Image
There has been this resurgence in anti-LGBT language in the U.K. and the U.S., and the rest of the world. In the… — Dustin Lance Black Copy Share Image
Be aware of how important words are in life and the effect they have on others. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In the beginning was the Word. In the end . . . past honor, past life, past caring . . . In the end will be the Word.” — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.” — Bjarne Stroustrup Copy Share Image
There are many deaf people who couldn't imagine living in a marriage without someone who doesn't speak their language. For me, I… — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
The occasion of this sadness is expressed in a word, but must be considered in many more, as being the principal concernment… — John Pearson Copy Share Image
The old languages - at least the ones I know - don't have gender. They don't have gendered pronouns. There's no "he"… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
You can compare it to dreams: you have a very specific and individual pictorial language that you either accept or that you… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
We have two hundred languages in Europe. Two hundred languages! Count them! I know you won't! — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
“Mr. Sinclair once asked the class to make a list of the ten most beautiful words in the English language, and the… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
Words are sacred. If you get the right ones in the right order you can nudge the world a little. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
If it's racist, it's racist. If it's anti-Semitic, it's anti-Semitic. If it's anti-women, it's anti-women. If it's anti-immigrant, it's anti-immigrant, and we… — Barbara Boxer Copy Share Image
It was like we were exchanging codes, on how to be a father and a daughter, like we'd read about it in… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
