I never wrote sentences with words, they were painful feelings with unsaid emotions — Sushan Sharma Copy Share Image
“A language is the joint historical creation of millions of speakers. Although all speakers have some effect on the trajectory of a… — James C. Scott 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
Some innate capacity - some part of the human genetic endowment - enters into language acquisition. That much is uncontroversial among those… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Besides Hindi and English, I can speak in Maithli, my native language, and in Bangla and Nepalese too. But I can just… — Sriti Jha Copy Share Image
During this period (of technological confinement / [and language]) the human mind has been placed in its narrowest confines it has experienced… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
On 'Sound of My Voice,' I was the first and last word, which is kind of a dictatorship. I like collectives, though. — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
HASH: There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The language of the Veda itself is sruti, a rhythm not composed by the intellect but heard, a divine Word that same… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
Both Trump and Putin use language primarily to communicate not facts or opinions but power: it's not what the words mean that… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
“That Tolkien also included in Roverandom words such as paraphernalia, and phosphorescent, primordial, and rigmarole, is refreshing in these later days when… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Today I want to puke when I hear the word 'radical' applied so slothfully and stupidly to Islamist murderers; the most plainly… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
English is a really wonderful language and I urge you all to investigate it — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
Rock star do not jump!" The launch was cutting sharply, its skipper calling out a phrase that bore no relationship to the… — Peter Lerangis Copy Share Image
“Little things like language don't get in the way of a really good fillum.” — Uma Krishnaswami Copy Share Image
Even if someone knew the entire physical history of the world, and every mental event were identical with a physical, it would… — Donald Davidson Copy Share Image
“..perhaps all our lovers are merely hints and symbols; vagabond languages scrawled on gate-posts and paving stones along the weary road that… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
Ascend beyond the sickly atmosphere to a higher plane, and purify yourself by drinking as if it were ambrosia the fire that… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Words make a world of difference. Over time, they become charged with inference and allusion and, deployed effectively, they have the power… — Ephraim Mirvis Copy Share Image
The first word I would remove from the folklore of journalism is the word objective. — W. Eugene Smith Copy Share Image
“Living like that utterly convinced me of the extreme limitations of language. I was just a child then, so I had only… — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share Image