“He loved to read. He loved words, the way they string together into sentences and stories. He wanted to study them, to… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
As strange as it may sound, our experience of a Chagall painting actually depends to some extent on whether our language has… — Guy Deutscher Copy Share Image
The linguistic clumsiness of tourists and students might be the price we pay for the linguistic genius we displayed as babies, just… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Hitting someone with a shoe is in principle anti-Dalit. If you investigate stories about hitting someone with a shoe, you will find… — Ravish Kumar Copy Share Image
Language is the instrument in all cases and can language be trusted?If it were not for language, could we lie? — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
There's almost no content in terms of language at all. I don't like using language to convey meaning. I'd rather use images… — Philip Glass Copy Share Image
The modern progressive movement believes that dissenting language is objectionable, which then removes the brakes between anger and violence. — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
“Words are like the wind. They will blow away your own footsteps but they also will blow away the footsteps and thoughts… — Jones Brent M Copy Share Image
My companion assumes to know my mood and habit of thought, and we go on from explanation to explanation, until all is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Memetics provides a new approach to the evolution of language in which we apply Darwinian thinking to two replicators, not one. On… — Susan Blackmore Copy Share Image
Most jokes are based on surprise. They take advantage of a confusion of language, or a twist in logic, or a contradiction… — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
Let there be no limit to what we take to God in prayer, so that there may be no limit to God's… — S. D Gordon Copy Share Image
Since the boundary of the world of poetry is fluid, the language in it is also fluid. Hence, the language that is… — Kim Hyesoon Copy Share Image
The life of a poet lies not merely in the finite language-dance of expression but in the nearly infinite combinations of perception… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
State television, from which a significant number of Poles get their news, consistently smears, in aggressive and defamatory language, the political opposition… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
“Good. Show me a man who thinks that he knows what 'good' is, and I will probably be able to show you… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
To me, everything in the world comes down to two categories: "about-ness" and "is-ness". "About" represents or describes something, while "Is" is… — David First Copy Share Image
Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
You are master of what you say until you utter it, once you deliver it, you are its captive. Preserve your tongue… — Ali Ibn Abi Talib A.S Copy Share Image
Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
In our society, which is multiracial and multi-religious, giving offence to another religious or ethnic group, race, language, or religion is always… — Lee Hsien Loong Copy Share Image
Few faults of style, whether real or imaginary, excite the malignity of a more numerous class of readers, than the use of… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
'Content' is a word that has never sat well with me. Like 'maturity'. They are two words I've never liked. I think… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
One is so apt to cheapen a thing when one tries hastily to put it into words, and ever afterward it is… — Ruth Sawyer Copy Share Image
Autistic children are very difficult to take care of, especially severely autistic ones. When I was 4, I had almost no language;… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
“There's not a word I can say to you that you have not already though of, Mamah... There are ways to hold… — Nancy Horan Copy Share Image
“Just as careful listening is critical to understanding our verbal pronouncements, so careful observation is vital to comprehending our body language.” — Joe Navarro Copy Share Image
Dream Home' is uncomplicated with everyday language that resonates with homeowners. We also included hundreds of never-before-seen images. — Drew Scott Copy Share Image
I've never had the right words to describe my life, and now that I've entered my story, I need them more than… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“And just before I go to sleep, I'll think of sentences that don't contain words like Hoover, Jogging, and Heart Transplant” — Kirsten Gier Copy Share Image
Language is in decline. Not only has eloquence departed but simple, direct speech as well, though pomposity and banality have not. — Edwin Newman Copy Share Image
German poetry is going in a very different direction from French poetry… Its language has become more sober, more factual. It distrusts… — Paul Celan Copy Share Image
Wagamama. Text messaging aficionados might like to note that this is one of the most satisfying words you can possibly type. — Danny Wallace Copy Share Image
Most of conflicts and tensions are due to language. Don't pay so much attention to the words. In love’s country, language doesn't… — Shams Tabrizi Copy Share Image
I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
“The average person can speak about 150 words per minute, but the average mind can understand about 350 words per minute—that is… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Capitalism is, in Mao's language, the main contradiction in the world today and so our efforts have to be focused on ending… — Michael Yates Copy Share Image
The themes Poe used were universal and timeless. As long as the English language exists at all, we will be able to… — John Astin Copy Share Image
In your hurry-up or no-huddle, you might just say a word, and then everyone's understanding, 'It's this play.' — Sean Payton Copy Share Image
Our world isn't made of earth, air and water or even molecules and atoms; our world is made of language. — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
