“The correct word is like any small detail - it enhances life.” — Alexandra Stoddard Copy Share Image
I like stories, and I really like words. So I like stories that rely on dialogue. — Tim Minchin Copy Share Image
Painting is literature in colors. Literature is painting in language. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer Copy Share Image
The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum. — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
I think of architecture as language, and I look within the intra-communication between architects. — Jimenez Lai Copy Share Image
“The language of power was exercised in more than just words. It was presence and thought; it was gesture and timing.” — Elizabeth Chadwick Copy Share Image
Average. It was the worst, most disgusting word in the English language. Nothing meaningful or worthwhile ever came from that word. — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
All around the world there are 230 countries, and among those people I can speak 5 languages. Nevertheless, I can't find the… — Joo Won Copy Share Image
The gentleman is generous and treats all men as his equals, especially those whom he feels to be inferior in rank and… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
Like everything metaphysical the harmony between thought and reality is to be found in the grammar of the language. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
Non-reaction is a language that everyone understands. It communicates to the offender and causes him to be upset with the upset that… — Roy Masters Copy Share Image
If it's a language you don't understand and you're not concerned with the meanings of the words, your impression comes from how… — Squarepusher Copy Share Image
I started writing poetry because language was how I understood the world. It was a paradigm that made everything matter and in… — Grace Cavalieri Copy Share Image
The breakdown of our language, evident in the misuse, i.e., the misunderstanding of nouns and adjectives, is most grave, though perhaps not… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
Here look at me. I'm Charlie, the son you wrote off the books? Not that I blame you for it, but here… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
“Native speakers can rarely explain the grammatical rules of their own language. In the same way, those who are most ‘fluent’ in… — Kate Fox Copy Share Image
Parents, teachers, clergy and physicians change lives with their words. It is hypnotic for a child or patient to hear an authority… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
I try to keep my sentences quite pared back. What I really want to do is observe people's relationships and interactions. I… — Sally Rooney Copy Share Image
Remember that those five hundred words an average Englishman uses are far from being the whole vocabulary of the language. You may… — George Mikes Copy Share Image
Toeing the starting line of a marathon, regardless of the language you speak, the God you worship or the color of your… — Dean Karnazes Copy Share Image
“It is noted that from 1967 to 1995 essays on negative emotions far outnumbered those on positive emotions in the psychological literature.… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
Hate is too mild of a word. But it's nothing personal, I don't think. — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
There are moments when mental overload can render words impossible. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“Language is still separating us even though technology is bringing us closer together.” — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
The act of language or the act of denying language carries its own heaviness. — Leni Zumas Copy Share Image
“that's what I wanted: words made of that: language / that could bend light.” — Jan Zwicky Copy Share Image
Words are like untying a corset - you can move into this great space with them. — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
“Strictly speaking, nothing that’s said is true. (Though one can be the truth, one can’t ever say it.)” — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Yes, OK, farty is a silly word. I wish I'd never used it. I'm 34. Perhaps it was a word for my 20s. — Ben Elton Copy Share Image
Status-driven, conspicuous consumption thrives from the language of novelty. — Tim Jackson Copy Share Image
Sometimes a word is found so right it trembles at the slightest explanation. — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
“In an online world, our online words are our emissaries; they tell the world who we are,” — Ann Handley Copy Share Image
Language is power... Language can be used as a means of changing reality. — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
Baseball is a universal language. Catch the ball, throw the ball, hit the ball. — Pete Rose Copy Share Image
