“This is my attempt to make sense of the period that followed, weeks and then months that cut loose any fixed idea… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
the way in which a faith community shapes language about God implicity represents what it takes to be the highest good, the… — Elizabeth A. Johnson Copy Share Image
“Immediately on my arrival at the Project I began studying linguistics, because that seemed imperative to me. I was soon amazed to… — Stanisław Lem Copy Share Image
“We can't really know what a pleasure it is to run in our own language until we're forced to stumble in someone… — Gregory David Roberts Copy Share Image
I don't think I can repeat any of the French words I know on camera, to be honest. — Ollie Watkins Copy Share Image
From journalism I learned to write under pressure, to work with deadlines, to have limited space and time, to conduct and interview,… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“Talk is free,” said Odd, “but the wise man chooses when to spend his words.” It was something his father used to… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
There are many languages all over the world. But there are a few languages we ALL speak: The 'Body Language', which speaks… — Sue Riehl Copy Share Image
I chose 'No. 1 Ladies' Detective,' or I'll say it chose me, and it was an absolute blessing, for the experience of… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
“He would not mind hearing Petrus’s story one day. But preferably not reduced to English. More and more he is convinced that… — J.M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
I think the best developers can learn any language; if they are a good developer, they can learn whatever. But the raw… — David Cohen Copy Share Image
Words mean nothing, and can be said by anyone. Actions mean everything, and are what you can truly use to see how… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
I think if you would like to describe composing as an act with one word, "slow" would be the word. — Esa-Pekka Salonen Copy Share Image
Science is the international language, so when we are able to convince countries that good decision-making for human health and animal health… — Mike Johanns Copy Share Image
It's such a pleasure to write down splendid words—almost as though one were inventing them. — Rupert Hart-Davis Copy Share Image
For centuries poets, some poets, have tried to give a voice to the animals, and readers, some readers, have felt empathy and… — Joy Williams Copy Share Image
The afflicted are not listened to. They are like someone whose tongue has been cut out and who occasionally forgets the fact.… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
To devastate by language, to blow up the word and with it the world. — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
I was a very shy child. I didn't like football. I didn't like the usual stuff that was shoved at. Sports were… — Gavin Friday Copy Share Image
Good writing ... involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing them into the tight-fitting uniform of… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
“Adventure:' there's a word that worked on us both like a charm.” — Therese Anne Fowler Copy Share Image
I draw things on the paper very freely but believing there is meaning to them already. There is already meaning in the… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
