There are words and there are feelings and somewhere between where the two meet is the truth — Laura Dave Copy Share Image
I say bad words to express my feelings, not to tell that I'm a bad person. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have a pretty major problem with a language where one of the most common variables has the name $_ — Brian H. Hook Copy Share Image
My own words take me by surprise and teach me what to think. — Maurice Merleau-Ponty Copy Share Image
I think fiction goes to poetry for the intensity of its use of language. — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
“You, however, will know that this magic consists of 3 words: details, dialogue and conflict.” — Andrii Sedniev Copy Share Image
A five-word sentence that could change the world tomorrow is What would love do now? — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
One of the great skills in using any language is knowing what not to use, what not to say. There's that simplicity… — Ron Jeffries Copy Share Image
I can understand German as well as the maniac that invented it, but I talk it best through an interpreter. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“[R]epetition is as an essential element of language learning as a knife is to a lathe or fuel is to an internal… — Kató Lomb Copy Share Image
“Ah, those eyes," he said. "They can speak volumes, but sometimes even I cannot translate the language. And we never did invent… — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
Hebrew in America has a bemusing past. The Puritans, out of scriptural piety, once dreamed of establishing Hebrew as the national language. — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
Why should I ? I don't need to run down my opponent through filthy language in order to win. The voters don't… — Preneet Kaur Copy Share Image
People who grow up with two or more languages understand that each can express certain aspects of reality better than the other. — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“The words of the wise are like cattle prods—painful but helpful. Their collected sayings are like a nail-studded stick with which a… — Ecclesiastes 12 11 Copy Share Image
One of the things I like about my job is that it draws on the entire person: not just your knowledge of… — Mary Norris Copy Share Image
Language is like soil. However rich, it is subject to erosion, and its fertility is constantly threatened by uses that exhaust itsvitality.… — Elizabeth Drew Copy Share Image
It's up to the artist to use language that can be understood, not hide it in some private code. Most of these… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
People say that the brain is a muscle and that one of the best exercises for any brain is learning another language… — Demian Bichir Copy Share Image
After having a career in Spain for eight years, I went back to being anonymous again, having to prove myself to the… — Ana de Armas Copy Share Image
“The count came back to young Morcerf. 'Don't you think,' he said, 'on reflection that you were wrong to speak in that… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
Pauley Perrette: I was a criminal science fanatic and went to study it in college as well and I think that helped… — Pauley Perrette Copy Share Image
For being able to use language was a critical skill that could carry one far. One could use it professionally, as a… — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image