“For it has come about, by the wise economy of nature, that our modern spirit can almost dispense with language; the commonest… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
We can lie in the language of dress or try ot tell the truth; but unless we are naked and bald, it… — Alison Lurie Copy Share Image
With the computer and programming languages, mathematics has newly-acquired tools, and its notation should be reviewed in the light of them. The… — Kenneth E. Iverson Copy Share Image
It is the Internet that changes: the Internet is not just a language; it modifies relationships, the way we look at the… — Beppe Grillo Copy Share Image
C++ is a language strongly optimized for liars and people who go by guesswork and ignorance. — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
Technology is a vocabulary and a language in which you can say many things. — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
We are in love with the word. We are proud of it. The word precedes the formation of the state. The word… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
Yet human experience and the practice of communication have shown throughout the ages that definitions are an illusion, like having a speech… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
People often say Beckett is difficult or bleak, but engaging with it is the most life-affirming, uplifting thing. It's his use of… — Adrian Dunbar Copy Share Image
And, yes, words matter. They may reflect reality, but they also have the power to change reality - the power to uplift… — William Raspberry Copy Share Image
To every obstacle oppose patience, perseverance and soothing language. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I speak a number of languages, but none are more beautiful to me than English. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
PANTOMIME, n. A play in which the story is told without violence to the language. The least disagreeable form of dramatic action. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
While I admire writers who are able to write with a vitality based on order and action, I work in a different… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
To understand a sentence means to understand a language. To understand a language means to be master of a technique. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
A spirit, breathing the language of independence, is natural to Englishmen, few of whom are disposed to brook compulsion, or submit to… — Joseph Lancaster Copy Share Image
As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action... — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
“I haven’t seen anyone for years,” he said, “not anyone. I can hardly remember how to speak. I keep forgetting words. I… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“Give me that mouth again, babe, then get outta here. "Is the word 'please' in your vocabulary?" "No, but you throw more… — Kristen Ashley Copy Share Image
If history shows anything, it is that there's no better way to justify relations founded on violence, to make such relations seem… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
Correcting it, I don't know; just shedding the light of day on it is a first major step, being one of the… — Paul Kantner Copy Share Image
At, like, 11, I think, that was just me watching a lot of YouTube videos, and I whenever I had the chance,… — Rich Brian Copy Share Image
Common sense doesn't have the last word in ethics or anywhere else, but it has, as J. L. Austin said about ordinary… — Thomas Nagel Copy Share Image
“Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue. But if you mouth it, as… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Words have power. Speak positively and positive things will happen to you. Speak negatively and negative things will happen to you. Choose… — Kel Mitchell Copy Share Image
All of the arts are kin - music and sculpture and dance, those are wordless art forms. But poetry is defined by… — Campbell McGrath Copy Share Image
Wherever I go throughout the world - no matter the language, no matter the culture - I thrill to hear the testimonies… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
You took the words right out of my mouth, it must have been while you were kissing me. — Meat Loaf Copy Share Image
Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles, slogans: and, instead of genuine ideas, bright… — Eric Bentley Copy Share Image
“I think maybe the most frustrating thing in the world is to have something to say but not know how to put… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
Anyone who has undergone home repair lately knows that your everyday artisan uses language so loosely and makes false promises so glibly… — Mary McGrory Copy Share Image
