“Consider the term Mother Tongue. In Russian the term is Rodnoi-yazyk, which means Nearest or Dearest Tongue. At a pinch one could… — John Berger Copy Share Image
If human language, with its logic, is the way God has given us to understand the world, then the Torah must be… — David Novak Copy Share Image
Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered another country. Learn its language or risk… — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
I try to write about how we live today, how we use language, technology, our bodies. — Dana Spiotta Copy Share Image
Despite all the videos you see from the Ministry of Defence or the Pentagon, and all the sanitised language describing smart bombs… — Marie Colvin Copy Share Image
It has to be said that one of the most impressive aspects of the parliament are the brilliant unsung translators, who ensure… — Claire Fox Copy Share Image
I am so clever that sometimes I dont understand a single word of what I am saying — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Abusive language and swearing are a legacy of slavery, humiliation, and disrespect for human dignity, one’s own and that of other people. — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
It behaves more like a tribe than a democratic institution...responding to custom rather than reason and using its own liturgy and language… — Chris Patten Copy Share Image
I've always disliked words like inspiration. Writing is probably like a scientist thinking about some scientific problem, or an engineer about an… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
What I find on the Internet is fascinating because whole subcultures are developing. And they really are cultures. They have their art… — Jean Houston Copy Share Image
You dont need words to show that you care for someone, just like Mr Bean. He rarely speaks but never leaves his… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Today we take it for granted that the Bible is in our language. We forget that the Bible used to not be… — Steve Green Copy Share Image
Martina Navratilova is not a 'girl,' nor is Debi Thomas or Katarina Witt, and the women skaters weren't 'cute' in 1988. The… — Anita DeFrantz Copy Share Image
A mass of Latin words falls upon the facts like soft snow, blurring the outline and covering up all the details. The… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Words are the birds that break cover and show your enemy where you're hiding.” — Mike Carey Copy Share Image
The problem and privilege we all have is being alive in this century and able to read this language. It makes any… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The 1990s were also when a bunch of the soft-shoe language for race, gender, and class became paramount. Because before that I… — Adrian Matejka Copy Share Image
Drawing - it's the first language of human beings, before writing, before even talking, before words, human beings was drawing. — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
“But inside us there is a word we cannot pronounce and that is who we are.” — Anthony Marra Copy Share Image
If language is intimately related to being human, then when we study language we are, to a remarkable degree, studying human nature. — Charlton Laird Copy Share Image
“The Chief took my hand. His felt like leaves – cool and dry. And then he spoke in Bislama, the English-based pidgin… — Matthew Baylis Copy Share Image
