Unconsciously I had discovered the commentator's secret weapon-that so long as you can wield words, it isn't necessary to know what you're… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way. — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
When you're on the court with guys that know basketball, it's a universal language for us. — Greg Oden Copy Share Image
It will be my birthday on Tuesday. Last year, I reached the painful conclusion that there wasn't enough time left to read… — Daniel Finkelstein Copy Share Image
I'm bugged because I can't believe I can't speak every language there is. But I feel I can when I sit and… — Chita Rivera Copy Share Image
Translations are a partial and precious documentation of the changes the text suffers. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The nation was founded and "dedicated," to use Lincoln's language in the "Gettysburg Address," to equality as a "self-evident truth." But this… — Ronald Takaki Copy Share Image
Living in the world without insight into the hidden laws of nature is like not knowing the language of the country in… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
But reading is different, reading is something you do. With TV, and cinema for that matter, everything's handed to you on a… — Daniel Pennac Copy Share Image
“Words, no matter whether they are vocalized and made into sounds or remain unspoken as thoughts, can cast an almost hypnotic spell… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“On the first day of school, a first-grade teacher tells her class they’re not babies anymore. They have to use grown up… — John Locke Copy Share Image
I have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try. — Pamela Anderson Copy Share Image
It isn't about the words you say. It's about the energetic message you send. — Pete Carroll Copy Share Image
“It's very, very subtle stuff, changing words and giving them a whole different meaning—it creates an artificial reality," said Walter. "What happens… — Janet Reitman Copy Share Image
In recognizing that words have power to define and to compel, the semanticists are actually testifying to the philosophic quality of language… — Richard M. Weaver Copy Share Image
“Running and chanting, the word change in the air like it's something you can grab and put in your mouth and sink… — NoViolet Bulawayo Copy Share Image
“the words are only part of the poetic formula: the rest is ritual, and the reason in THEM must contend with the… — Laura Riding Jackson Copy Share Image
Speaking and doing are two different actions springing up the two completely different results. But, the best result arrives when a mans… — Anuj Somany Copy Share Image
I take a real interest in the possibilities of teaching - including the practice of bringing creative writing, and serious reading, into… — Michael Cadnum Copy Share Image
“You can get by in the foreign language, you can communicate, but the pleasure of speaking to those who understand every subtlety… — Erin Kelly Copy Share Image
