In Europe, kids learn at least four languages before they're out of high school. But our education system is so underfunded, they… — Eddie Griffin Copy Share Image
It would be a sad day for India if it has to inherit the English scale and the English tastes so utterly… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“The English language is damned difficult, but it's also damned rich, and so clear and bright that you can search out the… — Katherine Mansfield Copy Share Image
Long human words (the longer the better) were easy, unmistakable, and rarely changed their meanings . . . but short words were… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
I'm born in Mumbai and have made this my home. I have a lot of Maharashtrian friends as well. I understand the… — Ravi Kishan Copy Share Image
“The words of the wise are like cattle prods—painful but helpful. Their collected sayings are like a nail-studded stick with which a… — Ecclesiastes 12 11 Copy Share Image
People who grow up with two or more languages understand that each can express certain aspects of reality better than the other. — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
People who cannot distinguish between good and bad language, or who regard the distinction as unimportant, are unlikely to think carefully about… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every people, in order to remain healthy and strong, has to have a grasp of its foundation story. Culture is a chrysalis… — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
Words are acoustical signs for concepts; concepts, however, are more or less definite image signs for often recurring and associated sensations, for… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
In Italy, you're in your comfort zone when it comes to language, lifestyle, your habits and preparations, and moving abroad is not… — Antonio Conte Copy Share Image
In addition to pumping the blood of life within our bodies, we may think of the heart as a belief-to-matter translator. It… — Gregg Braden Copy Share Image
People… they don’t write anymore – they blog. Instead of talking, they text, no punctuation, no grammar: LOL this and LMFAO that.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Maybe because I'm from New Jersey, I just have this kind of plain language hangup. But I would make very clear -… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
The entire routine of our memorized acquisitions, for example, is a consequence of nothing but the Law of Contiguity. The words of… — William James Copy Share Image
I was always amazed the way people would come in looking one way and transform completely to the point where I couldn't… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
Latin is beautiful and has become something of an international language, but there is also something about singing in your native language… — Mack Wilberg Copy Share Image
“Ah, those eyes," he said. "They can speak volumes, but sometimes even I cannot translate the language. And we never did invent… — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
Hebrew in America has a bemusing past. The Puritans, out of scriptural piety, once dreamed of establishing Hebrew as the national language. — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
Why should I ? I don't need to run down my opponent through filthy language in order to win. The voters don't… — Preneet Kaur Copy Share Image
“[R]epetition is as an essential element of language learning as a knife is to a lathe or fuel is to an internal… — Kató Lomb Copy Share Image
I think being able to speak different languages, and being able to act in those languages is something that's really very rewarding. — Mido Hamada Copy Share Image
I can understand German as well as the maniac that invented it, but I talk it best through an interpreter. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
At the same time we overlap, because, I do linguistics, and Ben did a first degree in Linguistics at Lancaster University, so… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
One of the great skills in using any language is knowing what not to use, what not to say. There's that simplicity… — Ron Jeffries Copy Share Image
Linguistics becomes an ever eerier area, like I feel like I'm in Oz, Just trying to tell it like it was. — Ogden Nash Copy Share Image
Translation is a disturbing craft because there is precious little certainty about what we are doing, which makes it so difficult in… — Gregory Rabassa Copy Share Image
Rappers are the white authors of our generation. They know me, my language, my codes, my family, my block. — Jason Reynolds Copy Share Image
“...it is precisely because the world appears to us to be multiple, ambiguous, and paradoxical, that we must strive to speak and… — Mark Dintenfass Copy Share Image
Words are the most precious thing. Words should be used with great care. Good words can make a man and bad words… — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
I'm really into production and I'm also into producing my own sound because the sonics, in a way, is the language. — Planningtorock Copy Share Image
“Being a poet one confronts the limitation of language, how can the spirit be revealed under any restrictions.” — Mohit.K.Misra Copy Share Image
“Curse my words. I have always been told that I have a way with words, that I can weave an image into… — Lore Stormrider Copy Share Image
The deviant that does not observe the trivial uses of the language is a poet, a deviant who violates the banal customs… — William C. Brown Copy Share Image
Now and again he spoke to those that served him and thanked them in their own language. They smiled at him and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Just because I'm in favor of gay rights doesn't mean that I'm gay or doesn't mean I'm some kind of 'sissy' or… — Scott Fujita Copy Share Image
Bad English was the second language of Israel and bad Hebrew, of course, remained the national language. — George Mikes Copy Share Image
I just want to say that 'Minari' is about a family. It's a family trying to learn how to speak a language… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
Bitcoin is great as a form of digital money, but its scripting language is too weak for any kind of serious advanced… — Vitalik Buterin Copy Share Image
We become full human agents, capable of understanding ourselves, and hence of defining our identity, through our acquisition of rich human languages… — Charles Taylor Copy Share Image