It is no secret that the fruits of language study are in no sort of relation to the labour spent on teaching… — Edward Sapir Copy Share Image
“OK, so the guy is cool, but... I mean own up, this is barking time, this is major lunch, this is stool… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
You persuade a man only insofar as you can talk his language by speech, gesture, tonality, order, image, attitude, idea, identifying your… — Kenneth Burke Copy Share Image
We who write in English are fortunate to have the richest and most versatile language in the world. Respect it. — P. D. James Copy Share Image
“Today, whether we are doing algebra or playing with the computer, we are, in effect, benefitting from some inheritance of the quest… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“Through Miss Behave I am attempting to reclaim my voice one word at a time and live my truth to the best… — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
Of all social institutions language is least amenable to initiative. It blends with the life of society, and the latter, inert by… — Ferdinand de Saussure Copy Share Image
A programming language is for thinking about programs, not for expressing programs you've already thought of. It should be a pencil, not… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“Every language glimmers with sparks of earlier ones. These sparks - a word, a place-name — are residual traces of languages spoken… — Margalit Fox Copy Share Image
It think acceptance levels sort of swings back and forth. Like in the 60's there was a lot more freedom with sex… — Bob Saget Copy Share Image
“During the period of the Renaissance, the English language changed very swiftly in keeping with rapid social, economic and political changes. However,… — Ronald Carter Copy Share Image
Government want to tell you things you can't say because they're against the law, or you can't say this because it's against… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Our mission goes beyond commerce, it goes beyond technology. Our intent is to preserve music's importance in our lives, music is the… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
“The entire destiny of modern linguistics is in fact determined by Saussure's inaugural act through which he separates the ‘external’ elements of… — Pierre Bourdieu Copy Share Image
Not only do I look at the playback with the actors, but I look at the on-set assembly footage with the sequences… — Park Chan-wook Copy Share Image
The instrumental pieces are compositions, certainly, although that's not the language that I instinctively use. They're not scored, and arrangements are often… — David Grubbs Copy Share Image
“The power of language. Preserving the ephemeral; giving form to dreams, permanence to sparks of sunlight.” — Penelope Lively Copy Share Image
“I had the dictionary at my elbow. Every now and then I would flip a page, find a large incomprehensible word and… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
People who truly mean their noble words are heard and seen through their actions in our one global world. — Anuj Somany Copy Share Image
Every language will have different nuances. But language cannot be the basis for discrimination or exclusion. — Suhasini Maniratnam Copy Share Image
The questioner has to come to an end. It is the questioner that creates the answer; and the questioner comes into being… — U.G. Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Humble words and increased preparations are signs that the enemy is about to advance. Violent language and driving forward as if to… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Almost all words do have colour and nothing is more pleasant than to utter a pink word and see someone's eyes light… — Gladys Taber Copy Share Image
My interest in language is steadfast, but I think each project and its accompanying intentions dictate how language must be used. — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
Neither said anything while they embraced. Sometimes words didn't go far enough, the vessels of letters and the ladles of grammar incapable… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
Every different director has another language - for instance, Hitchcock does not like any bright color ever, unless the story says 'there… — Edith Head Copy Share Image
“It says a lot about Sandberg’s brand of feminism that this campaign focuses on policing language rather than bringing attention to important… — Jessica Roy Copy Share Image
The writer cannot abandon himself simply to inspiration, and feign innocence vis a vis language, because language is never innocent. — Juan Goytisolo Copy Share Image
The First Amendment...begins with the five loveliest words in the English language: 'Congress shall make no law'. — George Will Copy Share Image
I think there is a big difference between expressing the pain and anger that many African Americans and other people of color… — Michael Nutter Copy Share Image
Progress-progress is the dirtiest word in the language-who ever told us- And made us believe it-that to take a step forward was… — Edna St. Vincent Millay Copy Share Image
The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Having more than one mother language may be a problem sometimes, mainly if they tend to be in conflict with each other. — Jean-Paul Malfatti Copy Share Image
A language does not become fixed. The human intellect is always on the march, or, if you prefer, in movement, and languages… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I've made a dog's breakfast of English history, geography, 'King Lear,' and the English language in general. — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
What I felt as a singer is that music and cultural contents are the biggest strengths that go beyond language and go… — Taeyang Copy Share Image
I watched a lot of Jerry Rice's film just to learn how to run routes, but it was so difficult to imitate… — Doug Baldwin Copy Share Image
Of all the languages of the earth in which the human kind confer; The Master Speaker is the Tear: its the Great… — Ridgely Torrence Copy Share Image
I've done reasonably well over the last 10 years because I took the strategy of language and politics and applied it to… — Frank Luntz Copy Share Image
“She copies vocabulary words down in a notebook because she likes the way they sound: Harridan. Pusillanimous. Talisman. Dowager. Enervating. Sycophantic . . .” — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
