Language Quotes · Page 246

I don't hate you for betraying me but I hate you for the words you always said, I LOVE YOU.

— Sushan Sharma

“Utterances of cursed language defiles the hearts and souls of man and many.”

— T.F. Hodge

We like to pile language on language. Hunter [ S. Thompson] was an influence on me, no doubt about it.

— P. J. O'Rourke

“And this book is - instead of my body, And this word is - instead of my soul.”

— Anonymous

“Language only has the lack of imagination as a barrier.”

— Anthony T. Hincks

To devastate by language, to blow up the word and with it the world.

— Emile M. Cioran

Who ever says words can't hurt you has never got hit in the face with a dictionary!

— Anonymous

Words, especially those of a constitution, are not to be read with such stultifying narrowness.

— Harlan F. Stone

“All words, then, belonging to the inner world of the mind, are of the imagination, are originally poetic words.”

— George MacDonald

I just think lots of words have physicality. How about the word 'wobble?' You think that's arbitrary? When you say the word…

— Roy Blount, Jr

This dog, is dog, a dog, good dog, way dog, to dog, keep dog, an dog, idiot dog, busy dog, for dog,…

— Anonymous

I keep thinking, we teach children to use language to solve their disputes. We teach them not to hit and fight and…

— Naomi Shihab Nye

As they say in Discworld, we are trying to unravel the Mighty Infinite using a language which was designed to tell one…

— Terry Pratchett

“Your own words are the bricks and mortar of the dreams you want to realize. Your words are the greatest power you…

— Sonia Choquette

“Human Language is like a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, when all the time…

— Gustave Flaubert

I'm not one of those "omg texting kids rite bad" alarmists. I just think there's an interesting nexus where the Internet itself…

— Bill Walsh

I have never been particularly good with languages. Despite a dozen years of Hebrew school and a lifetime of praying in the…

— Joshua Foer

You have with you the book you were reading in the cafe, which you are eager to continue, so that you can…

— Italo Calvino

It would be naïve to imagine that any analysis of experience is dependent on pattern expressed in language. Any concept, whether or…

— Edward Sapir

The language of the totalist environment is characterized by the thought-terminating cliché. The most far-reaching and complex of human problems are compressed…

— Robert Jay Lifton

The way the educational system in Russia works is studying a foreign language is part of the program, so by the time…

— Costa Ronin

I became religious and at 14 went to a boarding school 500 miles from home to begin theological studies. By the time…

— Dale Jamieson

I'm a first-time father, and it was amazing to me to learn that my son could actually use sign language before the…

— Matt Reeves

The Language of Sand has something for everyone: myths, mystery, community, humor, grief, and ultimately healing. I found myself not only rooting…

— Brunonia Barry

Ignorance speaks loudly, so as to be heard; but its volume proves reason to doubt every word.

— Wes Fesler

Your word is your bond, you do what you say you're going to do.

— Michelle Obama

“I Think All Depends On Your Mind That Create This Word ”

— Sushil Singh

Words, too, have genuine substance -- mass and weight and specific gravity.

— Tim O'Brien

It is possible to have words come to your mind, and still refrain from speaking them aloud.

— Orson Scott Card

“for each person there is a sentence – a series of words – which has the power to destroy him.”

— Anonymous

At home I can become lazy and if a Welsh word is really long, I just replace it with English.

— Matthew Rhys

Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will only cause permanent psychological damage.

— Anonymous

Every thought, word, or deed, either purifies or pollutes the body.

— Harold Klemp

“You keep using that word!” the Spaniard snapped. “I don’t think it means what you think it does.”

— William Goldman

Being bilingual is like having a wife and a mistress. One can never be sure of either.

— Natalie Clifford Barney

I love you. That's the 3 best words that anyone can say to you

— Domyneik Randall Phipps

Your mind is an automobile and words are your wheels.

— Sara Evans

Use no superfluous word, no adjective, which does not reveal something.

— Ezra Pound

I like to be in a European city where I can speak my language.

— Rashida Jones

“We were speaking in feelings. Words were not enough.”

— Lou Ann Walker