In a society that celebrates the inessential, architecture can put up a resistance, counteract the waste of forms and meanings and speak… — Peter Zumthor Copy Share Image
“Writers have two main problems. One is writer's block, when words won't come at all, and the other is Logorrhoea, when the… — Cecilia Bartholomew Copy Share Image
If names are not correct, then language is not in accord with the truth of things. If language is not in accord… — Confucius Copy Share Image
“P...U...D...D...I...N...G" "Pudding," said Roger. "They've kept some for us." "She hasn't finished the word," said Dick. Titty was reading steadily on. "H...E...A...D...S...End… — Arthur Ransome Copy Share Image
It's hard for me to get embarrassed, but the things that do embarrass me would be if anybody ever heard my wife… — Rob Delaney Copy Share Image
It's my language, the language I speak. I've spent a lot more time playing music than talking or writing. — Nitin Sawhney Copy Share Image
Words saturated with sincerity, conviction, faith, and intuition are like highly explosive vibration bombs, which, when set off, shatter the rocks of… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Actions are the first tragedy in life, words are the second. Words are perhaps the worst. Words are merciless. . . — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“In a society so estranged from animals as ours, we often fail to credit them with any form of language. If we… — John Hay Copy Share Image
“Blah, blah, blah. Demon boy, I can't speak that language. Furthermore, I don't want to pollute my brain by learning it. So… — Kresley Cole Copy Share Image
“Every language is a vast pattern-system, different from others, in which are culturally ordained the forms and categories by which the personality… — Takeo Doi Copy Share Image
No one complains of the rules of Grammar as fettering Language; because it is understood that correct use is not founded on… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
“Hmm?' I looked away, flustered automatically using irritation to cover my discomfort up. 'What does 'hmm' have to do with anything? Could… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
We don't always know what makes us happy. We know, instead, what we think SHOULD. We are baffled and confused when our… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
“When you travel, you experience, in a very practical way, the act of rebirth. You confront completely new situations, the day passes… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“ Which natural gift would you most like to possess? The ability to master other languages (which would have hugely enhanced the… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
' There are some people that could hear you speak a thousand words and still not understand you. And there are others… — Andrew Guzaldo Copy Share Image
“Words are so very difficult to take back and forget. Memories fade with time, but words never do. They linger in our… — Charlotte Featherstone Copy Share Image
“People who speak through words very few hear them but people who speak from their heart many feel them.” — Amit Abraham Copy Share Image
We play melodic music, we play songs, we play all kinds of things and when you improvise you don't just shut out… — Fred Frith Copy Share Image
Keep a journal, and learn how to see how you as an individuals sees information so you can learn your own sign… — John Edward Copy Share Image
English is not the primary language for universities in China, Korea, and Japan, but they are being evaluated on the basis of… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
Design is a form of competitive advantage. People tend to think of design as good art, good visual language, which it absolutely… — James P Hackett Copy Share Image
I am proud to be a Turk, and to write in Turkish about Turkey - and to have been translated into about… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I like words. I like the way they clash around together and bang up against each other, especially in songs. — Jimmy Webb Copy Share Image
Some people study a text very deeply. The people are my text. I study their words and what their words sound like,… — Anna Deavere Smith Copy Share Image
Although all spiritual teachings originate from the same Source, once they become verbalized and written down they are obviously no more than… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
I lived in England to learn English. When I went to England for the first time, it was like being on the… — Jean Alesi Copy Share Image
It has often been observed that the repercussion of poetic language on prose language can be considered a decisive cut of a… — Eugenio Montale Copy Share Image
Psychobabble attempts to redefine the entire English language just to make a correct statement incorrect. Psychology is the study of why someone… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Everyone can't understand what you mean. We may have the same language, but we don't have the same way of thinking. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“drill one hole after another into [language] until that which lurks behind, be it something or nothing, starts seeping through – I… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
“I like the modern form. Anyone who absolutely has to understand everything he sees misses a lot. It's not always true that… — Tarjei Vesaas Copy Share Image
“Words can launch us. We don't need to be a dean to say words that change everything for someone. Instead, God made… — Bob Goff Copy Share Image
And immediately Rather than words comes the thought of high windows: The sun-comprehending glass, And beyond it, the deep blue air, that… — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
We are surrounded by hundreds of 'tribes,' each speaking their own distinct slanguage of colourful words, jokes and phrases that together form… — Susie Dent Copy Share Image
It is such a great fault to talk too much that, in business and conversation, if what is good is also brief,… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
If you have an enemy, you first have to listen - whether he really is an enemy or just speaks in a… — Hans-Peter Durr Copy Share Image
“I wish wish I could steal the intricacies of language. But give my kids a break—remember, most of them were fed on… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
Almost any word can be drafted to serve as a verb, even words we think of as eternal and unchanging, stuck in… — Erin McKean Copy Share Image
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