Language Quotes · Page 294

“Words are more dangerous than swords and guns. They reach further and hurt deeper.”

— Luis Marques

The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.

— Saint Augustine

Do you know that drawing with words is also an art... ?

— Vincent Van Gogh

“In the politics of the every day, our words and gestures, or their absence, count very much.”

— Timothy Snyder

Most Englishmen are convinced that God is an Englishman, probably educated at Eton.

— E. M. Delafield

We say we exchange words when we meet. What we exchange is souls.

— Anonymous

I stand behind these words: I'm a Christian, but I'm not perfect.

— NF

I'm Language Gal. I can speak any language presented to me. And I look exactly like Halle Berry.

— Ilana Glazer

Working with the Latin language is pretty powerful. Working with a language that is not spoken vernacularly is intense.

— Eyvind Kang

A foreign observer is struck by our gentleness: by the orderly behaviour of the English crowds, the lack of pushing and quarrelling,…

— George Mikes

If you decide to design your own language, there are thousands of sort of amateur language designer pitfalls.

— Guido van Rossum

Music gives us a language that cuts across the disciplines, helps us to see connections and brings a more coherent meaning to…

— Ernest L. Boyer

Pedagogy, like language itself, can either liberate or imprison ideas, inspire of suffocate constructive thinking.

— Hyman Bass

Language is one of the thin walls humanity has built up over centuries against its own bestial and destructive impulses.

— Storm Jameson

Math is the language of the universe. So the more equations you know, the more you can converse with the cosmos.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

- "Control what an interesting word for you to be dwelling on" - "I have other words" I scream the F-Word in…

— Kiersten White

Prescriptive grammar has spread linguistic insecurity like a plague among English speakers for centuries, numbs us to the aesthetic richness of non-standard…

— John H. McWhorter

The poet, by composing poems, uses a language that is neither dead nor living, that few people speak, and few people understand…

— Jean Cocteau

Above all, beware of platitudes, i.e., word combinations that have already appeared a thousand times… As a general rule, try to find…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“Words are instruments, they are tools that, in their different ways, are as effective as any sharp edge or violate chemical. They…

— Tim Radford

I used to think that the great thing about sculpture was that, like Stonehenge, it was something that stood against time in…

— Antony Gormley

I got a alot of forigenier at my school so alot knowns different language. One of my teacher is one she Korean…

— MrCountry

“Yes, it is a rich language, Lieutenant, full of the mythologies of fantasy and hope and self-deception - a syntax opulent with…

— Brian Friel

My first year in Japan was very tough, just like my first year in the minors. But at least there I had…

— Alfonso Soriano

One's complete sentences are attempts, as often as not, to complete an incomplete self with words.

— William H. Macy

All writing is in fact cut-ups. A collage of words read heard overheard. What else?

— William S. Burroughs

I study hard at Russian, which is a tough but most attractive language.

— Bayard Taylor

Have you ever noticed that the word moving is the most complicated verb : moving on for example

— Zonnie Kay

Am trying to find the right words to break the silence.

— Anonymous

Actions speak louder than words, but words spur actions.

— Janet Todd

Sometimes words were less valuable than the air that carried them when it came to getting close.

— J.R. Ward

Whoever said words don't hurt has clearly never had to hear the words, it's over.

— Ritu Ghatourey

“Spring break! Were there any two words ever put together that make a more beautiful sound?”

— Gary D. Schmidt

Music crosses cultures and language barriers and it makes people feel good.

— John Seagall

Please believe me cause my words are true, are true. Cause only what I love and I want is you.

— Adele

“If words frighten you, you should be asking the question: Why?”

— Steven Magee

“They didn't speak a word, but it was still their best conversation in a long time.”

— Katrina Kittle

Even when I use a word in the wrong order in a sentence, I get mad. It's very stressful.

— Jet Li

Gujarati is a very sweet language and I have always used elements from Gujarati songs in my music.

— Bappi Lahiri

“There is a thin line between poetry and word salad.”

— Richard Carl Evans