“Language proficiency—either in a lingua franca, or shared language, or in a local language—does not guarantee high performance.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is my huge pleasure that my novels are translated into languages that are read among small numbers of people. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Story is the mother of us all. First we wrap our lives in language and then we act on who we say… — Christina Baldwin Copy Share Image
With the 'Boosh,' we were trying to do this strange, weird thing that had its own language and visual style, and it… — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
“A good vocabulary,’ he once wrote (April 1959), ‘is not acquired by reading books written according to some notion of the vocabulary… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge. — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“They had nothing in common but the English language, and tried by its help to express what neither of them understood.” — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and… — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
The Language of the Dream/Night is contrary to that of Waking/Day. It is a language of Images and Sensations, the various dialects… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
“One adopted their language, that of the teachers and the schools, one had none of one's own. At first it was like… — Peter Hoeg Copy Share Image
Music is one whole force. And I think the Proms have always represented very clearly that music is a universal language, one… — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
Genitive is a funny word because it means "from," but it also is the gender in European languages for objects: the masculine,… — Lawrence Weiner Copy Share Image
Maybe because English is my second language, maybe I just translate mundane clichés from the Welsh language and they sound original in… — Gruff Rhys Copy Share Image
It has always been my thought that the most important single ingredient to success in athletics or life is discipline. I have… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
Art is a means of memorialization of the past, a record of a rapidly vanishing world; a means of exorcising, at least… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
The word of the moment isclassless, whether applied toCockney Society photographers or sprigs of the aristocracy running little bistros round the corner.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What was old can be brought back new, and I bring that to the table. I bring mannerisms, facials, body language, positioning. — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
'Refudiate,' 'misunderestimate,' 'wee-wee'd up.' English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it!' — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
“But he had turned, little by little, a disturbance into words, he had made a pillow of old words, for his head.” — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
Once you know the Romance languages, singing in those languages is so sexy and sensual. I do have a global audience, so… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
God has stated in clear and concise language how He created the universe and we ought not to doubt His Word. — Walter Lang Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, just like bullets, you can never get words back once they have been sent out into the world.” — Clint Van Winkle Copy Share Image
Just remember, the language of gesture is more effective than the spoken word. Body language is very powerful. Bring the balance within… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi Copy Share Image
Among a people without fellow-feeling, especially if they read and speak different languages, the united public opinion, necessary to the working of… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Be careful. I wouldn’t want anything to happen to the worst Spanish student in the history of the language.” I laughed. “No… — Kiersten White Copy Share Image
My mission at Google is to develop natural language understanding with a team and in collaboration with other researchers at Google. — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
“The words were good words, Ulysses felt, maybe even great words, but the list was very incomplete. He was just getting started.… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Sallust is indisputably one of the best historians among the Romans, both for the purity of his language and the elegance of… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself. — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
Quantum theory was split up into dialects. Different people describe the same experiences in remarkably different languages. This is confusing even to… — David Finkelstein Copy Share Image
You dont need words to show that you care for someone, just like Mr Bean. He rarely speaks but never leaves his… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
The process may seem strange and yet it is very true. I did not so much gain the knowledge of things by… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Watching my daughter sort of live in this world where a photograph is not something to keep a memory. It's something to… — Alec Soth Copy Share Image
To use a big word or a foreign word when a small one and a familiar one will answer the same purpose,… — Joseph Devlin Copy Share Image
Guess who's running for president? Jeb Bush. Jeb was governor of Florida and he speaks fluent Spanish, which raises the question: What… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
These men of many nations must be taught American ways, the English language, and the right way to live. — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
Whenever someone says the words 'Our friendship is more important than this,' watch out, because it almost never is. — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am a Mexican that has been lucky enough to travel the world, speaking English, but with a heart that speaks a… — Cesar Millan Copy Share Image
One of the great things that playwright A.R. Gurney does in 'Sylvia' is he gives language to the emotional gestures and energy… — Annaleigh Ashford Copy Share Image
