I can do pretty good work in various short forms, but anything over 1400 words, I'd be of no use. I like… — Peter Schjeldahl Copy Share Image
Really, I was brought up with music as a second language. My mother was extremely encouraging of the sensitivities of my brain.… — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
That feeling when you try to find the words to say but nothing comes up at all. — Bernajoy Vaal Copy Share Image
Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
That awkward moment when you answer your Foreign Language teacher in English. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Like Humpty Dumpty, we can make words mean anything we want them to mean. — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
“The woman tried to teach Winnet her language, and Winnet learned the words but not the language.” — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I've spoken with a few employers who have moved away from what has to be some of the least attractive language you… — Tom Rath Copy Share Image
“The renunciation of the child’s sexual ambitions and dyadic unity with the mother is established through the father’s presence, which stands for… — Stephen A. Mitchell Copy Share Image
“I’m so sorry,” I said again, though I knew they were the most useless words in the world.” — Wendy Higgins Copy Share Image
“What's a colder word for freezing?" Jackson asks, bundled from head to toe in my dad's coat, hat gloves, and the scarf… — Adam Silvera Copy Share Image
“A good talker is sensitive to expression, to tone and color and inflection in human speech. Because he himself is articulate, he… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
We're living in a time when the sheer amount of language has exponentially increased. As writers, if we wish to be contemporary,… — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share Image
The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
My ideal vacation isn't about complex maneuvers. I want to arrive somewhere foreign where I don't speak the language, go hiking, then… — Rosecrans Baldwin Copy Share Image
There is a pretty interesting document called 'action writing.' Which is not all about spontaneity and first thought, best thought,' but a… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
An image is a bridge between evoked emotion and conscious knowledge; words are the cables that hold up the bridge. Images are… — Gloria E. Anzaldúa Copy Share Image
What I'm constantly striving for in my prose is clarity. So that, ideally, the writing will become so transparent that the reader… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
I think my books give people a language to have a conversation about God that's not religious. There isn't enough new literature… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
As a poet and writer, I deeply love and I deeply hate words. I love the infinite evidence and change and requirements… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
The language of clothing is high symbolism and we all, in moments where we need to know this, realize it. — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
But after all I find in my work an echo of what struck me. I see that nature has told me something,… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
Bengalis love to celebrate their language, their culture, their politics, their fierce attachment to a city that has been famously dying for… — Bharati Mukherjee Copy Share Image
The language of the mystics cannot meet the language of science and reason, but nevertheless in a world that craves experimental testimonies… — Rene Vouillaume Copy Share Image
Comprehension, inventiveness, direction, and criticism: intelligence is contained in these four words. — Alfred Binet Copy Share Image
A marvellous power of expression over language often distinguishes genius; but Shakespeare in his phrases seems independent of the bonds of language… — George Edward Woodberry Copy Share Image
The best language is always found in books because it's considered. It's a high language. Sometimes, it is complex and difficult. It's… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I can't help but admire the structural linguists who have carved out for themselves a linguistic discipline based on the deterioration of… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
“In speech he stretched out his vowel sounds to give his mouth a rest before the next consonant.” — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
Youth Ministry, as traditionally organized, has also suffered the impact of social changes. Young people often fail to find responses to their… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I hope my visual language inspires others to tell their stories and challenges people's thinking. — Aurora Guerrero Copy Share Image
