“and language upend its papers looking for an entry adequate to the sliced smell of budding poplars.” — Karen Solie Copy Share Image
Like desire, language disrupts, refuses to be contained within boundaries. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Literacy, written language is a very late acquisition in terms of human evolution. — Jean Berko Gleason Copy Share Image
I'm not against profanity. It's an important part of the language when used properly. — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
“You English words? I know you: You are light as dreams, Tough as oak, Precious as gold, As poppies and corn, Or… — Edward Thomas Copy Share Image
I danced as a kid and I like dancing at weddings, that's fun. But I wouldn't say that I speak the language. — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
By Anglicising ourselves we have thrown away with a light heart the best claim we have upon the world's recognition of us… — Douglas Hyde Copy Share Image
A surprising number of people - including many students of literature - will tell you they haven't really lived in a book… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
The power of words is immense. A well-chosen word has often sufficed to stop a flying army, to change defeat into victory… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The word love carries the same vibration in any language. You probably know this guy, you probably had dinner with him yesterday.… — Ian Somerhalder Copy Share Image
Fred Bumaye shows great promise as a young filmmaker with a passion for story and the cinematic language. — Malik Yoba Copy Share Image
See it all. See it fairly. Be truthful, be sensible and be careful with language. When nothing depends on man, everything depends… — Henry Grunwald Copy Share Image
Fear is unnatural. Lightning and thunder are unnatural. Pain, death, reality, these are all unnatural. We can't bear these things as they… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
Shall I tell you what supported me through all those years of exile among a people whose language I could not understand… — David Livingstone Copy Share Image
To write or even speak English is not a science but an art. There are no reliable words. Whoever writes English is… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Whenever he was unclear about some idea or emotion, uncertain in his perception of someone or vague about a memory, he sat… — James Carlos Blake Copy Share Image
I think my ideal man would speak many languages. He would speak Ibo and Yoruba and English and French and all of… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
One thing that you and I know is language. Another thing that you and I know is how objects behave in perceptual… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Sports have the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire, the power to unite people in a way… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We can think of descriptions almost as computer languages, an operative description that only deals with very simple operations. Its code is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
