It is not quite true to say that I am not an advocate of writing in African languages. What I think is,… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
“I grant you that, if you'll admit, as I do, that we are pawns of an unknown force that lives within us… — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
When we understand the power of words and realize that we can choose what we think and speak our lives can be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The language of sword is less powerful than the language of word, but most of the people understand the language of sword… — Kedar Joshi Copy Share Image
What is unusual about Earth is that language, literally, has become alive. It has infested matter. It is replicating and defining and… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
What Do That Dear,does not control / What kind of language which our nation, do not understand the other person _ My… — Mal_786 Copy Share Image
“We name us and then we are lost, tamed I choose words, more words, to cure the tameness, not the wildness” — Alice Notley Copy Share Image
Comedy is more an art of body language and gestures - it is more a performance of an artist than the lines… — Johnny Lever Copy Share Image
Growing up was very interesting for me. If you were Haitian, people just automatically assumed that English was a second language. So… — Karen Civil Copy Share Image
We know from research that the reading circuit is not given to human beings through a genetic blueprint like vision or language;… — Maryanne Wolf Copy Share Image
Being in a foreign country means walking a tightrope high above the ground without the net afforded a person by the country… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
My parents aren't artists or anything, but growing up in Wales, especially in a Welsh language school and community, they have this… — Iwan Rheon Copy Share Image
I think its rather peculiar. It's not in keeping with our founding documents, our founding vision. But I'd guess you'd have to… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
Music is a universal language insofar as you don't need to know anything else about a musician that you are playing with… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
“My words were Egyptian hieroglyphics before the discovery of the Rosetta stone; my words were wounded soldiers limping home, guns spent, from… — Andrew Davidson Copy Share Image
When you sit players in front of doctors and surgeons, they use big, fancy words, and sometimes players get lost. It's hard… — Harry Kewell Copy Share Image
Oh child, your language is so utterly simple and limited that it has the affect of extreme complication. -Aunt Beast — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
How much better might human communication be if words were as precious as diamonds? If each of us were allotted only 100… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“ Buenos dias ," she said in response to Hernandez's soft greeting. They had a pact to speak only Spanish to each… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
Only by affirming the animateness of perceived things do we allow our words to emerge directly from the depths of our ongoing… — David Abram Copy Share Image
“Creation takes place through words, a series of 'And God Saids' bringing each new stage of life into being. Language is God's… — Myla Goldberg Copy Share Image
It's fun to read things when you don't know all the words. Even children love it... they come up against weird words,… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Chinese language tends to be quick, economical. To know what people are saying, you always need to know what the context is. — Gish Jen Copy Share Image
I had to learn American sign language. And I did stuff in it, stuff that was just for me and was fun,… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
“Spoken words are like seeds that we plant which will eventually grow into something sweet or bitter. Our actions in this life… — Shems Friedlander Copy Share Image
“Everything has an older meaning. All words have their secrets. Spells and gods are buried in the thicket of language.” — Shannon Phillips Copy Share Image
Whether Trump knew it or not, his strong language tapped into evangelical beliefs about the 'last days' and America's role in biblical… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
I want to try to have as many people as possible interested in my content, so it needs to go across language… — Alex Hirsch Copy Share Image
Poetry is one of the essential structures of civilization - carrying myth, ritual, 'tales of the tribe' and the essence of language. — Diane Wakoski Copy Share Image
My mother just wanted me to forget it. So, of course, every word was immediately, irrevocably branded into my brain. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Negotiating with memories isn't easy: how to choose between those panting to be told, those still ripening, those already shriveling, and those… — Steve Toltz Copy Share Image
I have no leisure to think of style or of polish, or to select the best language, the best English - no… — Isabel Burton Copy Share Image
In the original language, 'Fear the Lord' doesn't mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers. — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
By phonemic trans-formation into visual terms, the alphabet became a universal, abstract, static container of meaningless sounds — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
I can't stand musicals, but I love dance because it's a corporeal language that can be so rich and sometimes so unusual. — Gaspar Noe Copy Share Image
Mine. The language of love is like that, possessive. That should be the first warning that it's not going to encourage anyone's… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“Words were the most powerful tool. Simple and so often underestimated. They could heal. They could destroy. And I needed to use… — Jennifer Armentrout Copy Share Image
It's been hard for me to nail visual language and personal style because I like so many different things. — Kelela Copy Share Image
You don't have to be Michelangelo to teach basic art, just as you don't have to be Shakespeare to be able to… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
