The use of words by human agents to form attitudes or induce actionsin other human agents. — Kenneth Burke Copy Share Image
Words that are saturated with lies or atrocity, do not easily resume life. — George Steiner Copy Share Image
Every Englishman is an average Englishman: it is a national characteristic. — E. M. Delafield Copy Share Image
Take it not amiss, O speech, that I borrow weighty words, and later try hard to make them seem light. — Wislawa Szymborska Copy Share Image
“Be thoughtful with your words. Once said, they can never be retracted.” — Emmanuel Auko Copy Share Image
NVC is founded on language and communication skills that strengthen our ability to remain human, even under trying conditions. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Why do we say 'Have a great weekend?' That's just a spell. You're just going - I have no control over your… — Pete Holmes Copy Share Image
Philosophers have often looked for the defining feature of humans — language, rationality, culture, and so on. I'd stick with this: Man… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
I expect that my readers have been to Europe, I expect them to have some feeling for a foreign language, I expect… — Alan Furst Copy Share Image
A powerful agent is the right word. Whenever we come upon one of those intensely right words in a book or newspaper… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The spoken word community was significant in making me want to write accessible and urgent poems. Bob Holman, in particular, was an… — Denise Duhamel Copy Share Image
The minute you watch your voice back with its proper animated character saying the words, that's when you learn exactly what you… — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
Nobody believes me when I say that my long book is an attempt to create a world in which a form of… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
It is a magic book. Words mean things. When you put them together they speak. Yes, sometimes they flatten out and nothing… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
The mastery of one's phonemes may be compared to the violinist's mastery of fingering. The violin string lends itself to a continuous… — Willard Van Orman Quine Copy Share Image
Those who sniff decay in every shift of sense or alteration of usage do the language no service. Too often for such… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Real novelists, those we admire, those we consider timeless in their language and character and scene, those who receive accolades for inventive… — Susan Straight Copy Share Image
If any art form can accommodate contemporary culture, it's the novel. It's so malleable - it can incorporate essays, poetry, film. Maybe… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
Letters are meaningless unless put together correctly. Words are worthless unless backed by truth. Sentences are handed out and judged accordingly, but… — Paul Morabito Copy Share Image
The way that I approached numbers, think about them, the same as for language as well-acquiring vocabulary, understanding the grammar, the structures… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
You have to wear a different face when you're interacting with the larger culture. And you can be more of yourself at… — Nguyen Viet Thang Copy Share Image
