Language Quotes · Page 319

Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings.

— Carol Ann Duffy

...Sadness of not knowing enough words to [express what you mean]...

— Anonymous

“Words are blunt instruments, better suited to murder than to making sense of the world.”

— Mark Lawrence

Military intelligence, two words combined that cant make sense

— Dave Mustaine

“You are learned in the Word of God--And if you know His Word, you know His Will.”

— Will Eisner

Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.

— Elie Wiesel

When I was writing, I wanted every word to be not only deliberate, but musical. Precious.

— Vivek Shraya

“Language is but a huge set of false analogies. There has to be a better way to make a point.”

— Kim Stanley Robinson

Let us create extraordinary words, on condition that they be put to the most ordinary use and that the entity they designate…

— Gilles Deleuze

As a journalist, I've been a professional watcher, picking up the body language and verbal tics that make us individuals and interesting…

— Fiona Barton

Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to…

— Albert Einstein

I think of everything that I want to say and then I think of the way that I can say it most…

— Helen Frost

“But words have been used too often; touched and turned, and left exposed to the dust of the street. The words we…

— Virginia Woolf

My guilty pleasure at the end of the day is an old thesaurus. I know that can lead to overwriting, but if…

— Bettany Hughes

The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams. It is alive as dreams are alive, more real than real ...…

— George R. R. Martin

“But in Japan, there are two very specific words to define these selves: tatemae, or the presentation of your public self, and…

— Roland Kelts

“You can speak. What other animal on the planet can speak? The word is the most powerful tool you have as a…

— Miguel Ruiz

I've never understood the use of vulgar language, but the definition of 'risque' is open to interpretation. I suppose I did many…

— Carol Channing

I still believe in man in spite of man. I believe in language even though it has been wounded, deformed, and perverted…

— Elie Wiesel

“Eating words and listening to them rumbling in the gut is how a writer learns the acid and alkali of language. It…

— Jeanette Winterson

He [Hern] calls his center the Boulder Abortion Clinic and he said specifically that he didn't want to hide that word. I'm…

— John H Richardson

The illuminated ones can take any form -- a man, a woman, a child, an elder, or even a dog. It is…

— Jean Houston

“I'm used to people talking, saying words aloud to prove they know more than me, that they're better than me. But they're…

— Katie McGarry

The Da Vinci Code may well be the only novel ever written that begins with the word 'renowned'... I think what enabled…

— Geoffrey K. Pullum

Speak not injurious words, neither in jest nor earnest. Scoff at none though they give occasion.

— George Washington

Food is the language. I know how to speak it. -Miss Kay

— Duck Dynasty

Great words are insightful and possess true meaning with a cause to create positive action.

— FredericaEhimen

“I looked up fairness in the dictionary and it was not there.”

— William Giraldi

Their only words. You can't be afraid of words that speak the truth, even if it's an unpleasant truth.

— George Carlin

“Let each man say what he deems truth, and let truth itself be commended unto God.”

— Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

The two most important words you will ever say is YES NO xx

— Rose

“women should act like they had a vocabulary and talk like they were ladies.”

— Sonovia Alexander

Flaws are awesome - so, 'flawsome!' I love making up a word.

— Tyra Banks

“WORDS SHLD BE FREE. RELEASE THEM FROM THEIR SENTENCES.”

— Amy King

“We all have different languages; but we all really mean the same thing.”

— C.S. Lewis

Every thought you think and every word you speak is affirming something.

— Louise Hay

Words too familiar, or too remote, defeat the purpose of a poet.

— Samuel Johnson

You can suffocate a thought by expressing it with too many words.

— Frank A. Clark

The more languages you know, the less likely you are to become a terrorist.

— Upamanyu Chatterjee

I've never said I'm immortal. I do believe in correct language. I'm eternal; I'm not immortal.

— Gough Whitlam