Vague and mysterious forms of speech, and abuse of language, have so long passed for mysteries of science; and hard or misapplied… — John Locke Copy Share Image
English, once accepted as an international language, is no more secure than French has proved to be as the one and only… — Edward Sapir Copy Share Image
“Words...have always held the dangerous power to conjure things into being.” — Kelly Creagh Copy Share Image
We can roam the bloated stacks of the Library of Alexandria, where all imagination and knowledge are assembled; we can recognize in… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
Writer is a monkey, jumping from one tree to another in the jungle of words. — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
We must use words to uplift and include. We can use our words to fight back against oppression and hate. But we… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
If the word 'No' was removed from the English language, Ian Paisley would be speechless. — John Hume Copy Share Image
In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
God has come again and again in various Forms, has spoken again and again in different words and different languages the Same… — Meher Baba Copy Share Image
The fixation of the theater in one language--written words, music, lights, noises--betokens its imminent ruin. — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
Spoken language's elaborate rhythms and inflections convey more meaning per word than the printed word. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
I was a regular kind of academic music student. I was at Juilliard. I had to study all the contemporary music of… — Philip Glass Copy Share Image
Indeed, children thrown together in a community that doesn't have a language of its own will invent one in order to communicate… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Whoever said words don't hurt has clearly never had to hear the words, it's over. — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Whoever dreamed up Scrabble had an exaggerated idea of how many 7-letter words have five i's. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
“Lacan wrote about two levels of speaking, one in which we know what we are saying (even when struggling with something difficult… — Annie Rogers Copy Share Image
The uniqueness of humans has been claimed on many grounds, but most often because of our tool-making, culture, language, reason and morality.… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
How fascinating to a child are words: the shapes, sounds, textures and mysterious meanings of words; the way words link together into… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
I think in Arabic at times, but when I'm writing it's all in English. And I don't try to make my English… — Rabih Alameddine Copy Share Image
The habits and language of clandestinity can intoxicate even its own practitioners. — William Colby Copy Share Image
Newt Gingrich's job to capture the Congress was to give Republican candidates an edge and a distinction from their Democratic opponent. That… — Pete du Pont Copy Share Image
