American English is essentially English after having been wiped off with a dirty sponge. — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“People say beware, but I don't care. Their words are just rules and regulations to me.” — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Words command us. Names define us. Definitions bind us. Words are where we keep our sacred secrets. — Hal Duncan Copy Share Image
“I write across several genres. I’m a slut for words. I can’t keep it in my literary pants.” — Fierce Dolan Copy Share Image
By reading so much, my vocabulary automatically improved along with my comprehension. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Despite centuries of English literature, the most famous split infinitive in all of history comes from Star Trek.” — R. Curtis Venture Copy Share Image
Texting has reduced the number of waste words, but it has also exposed a black hole of ignorance about traditional - what… — Richard Corliss Copy Share Image
If you cannot live without justification, you cannot live; period. And the path towards it is the path of language. — Martin Walser Copy Share Image
“As soon as the words leave her mouth, I'm completely consumed by a sense of peace. For the first time since the… — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
“As a writer, I play with words all day long. I toy with them, listen for their overtones, crack them open, and… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The whole problem with this idea of obscenity and indecency, and all of these things - bad language and whatever - it's… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Here is a language so far ahead of its time, that it was not only an improvement on its predecessors, but also… — Tony Hoare Copy Share Image
I don't think all poems need to be written in conversational language - those are often great poems but there should also… — Matthea Harvey Copy Share Image
“So he was always in the town at one place or another, drinking, knocking about with the men he knew. It really… — D.H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
I have had strangers come up to me and attempt to mimic the Chinese language in a derogatory manner. I have been… — Ted Lieu Copy Share Image
There are complaints that it's hard to remember what you can say and what you can't, which words are 'in' for certain… — Rosalie Maggio Copy Share Image
Our language was even taken from us. The Irish Gaelic language was outlawed and the religion was outlawed. Hence the religion later… — Gavin Friday Copy Share Image
The wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech, nor by speech itself. The resources of the… — John Wesley Powell Copy Share Image
If we’re going to solve the problems of the world, we have to learn how to talk to one another. Poetry is… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
The experienced writer says to the anguished novice: 'Just do it; get something, anything, on to the screen or page, just establish… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“Even when a thought springs fresh in my mind on the subway and solves an essay I’d just about abandoned. On the… — Durga Chew-Bose Copy Share Image
For us chess players the language of artist is something natural. — Vladimir Kramnik Copy Share Image
“As they say, a word to the wise is sufficient. And here I’ve gone and written five paragraphs.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The only universal language I know of that wraps up joy and gratitude and love is laughter. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I'm not tribal Labour. I'm a Liberal at heart. Different tradition, different language. — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
I want words at my funeral. But I guess that means you need life in your life. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“You can say what you like, but words won't change anything. I'm not happy.” — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
