In fact, eloquence in English will inevitably make use of the Latin element in our vocabulary. — Robert Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Most of my inspiration, if that's the word, came from books themselves. — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
A person who thinks yelling words such as 'yaaaah! 'oooooh' 'meeeeee' and 'boooooooo' are hard work. — Soulja Boy Copy Share Image
The only language that the Japanese whaling industry understands is economics. — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
Libraries collect the works of genius of every language and every age. — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
. and in her starry shade Of dim and solitary loveliness, I learnd the language of another world — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
I am paid by the word, so I always write the shortest words possible. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“For the poet, the world is word. Words. Not that precisely. Precisely: the world and words fuck each other.” — Kathy Acker Copy Share Image
[Sexism is] behavior, policy, language, or other action of men or women which expresses the institutionalized, systematic, comprehensive, or consistent view that… — Cheris Kramarae Copy Share Image
I had to find my own language in jewelry. That was important to me; it really had to be what I would… — Ann Demeulemeester Copy Share Image
It's difficult to act in a language that's not your own. It takes a long time to put your head around it… — Gael Garcia Bernal Copy Share Image
Library Science is the key to all science, just as mathematics is its language - and civilization will rise or fall, depending… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
My mom had this romantic notion of her children playing classical music. The idea is you learn it when you're still learning… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
The propriety of thoughts and words, which are the hidden beauties of a play, are but confusedly judged in the vehemence of… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Maths is like learning a language: you need to learn the basics to get going, but a lot of adults go into… — Rachel Riley Copy Share Image
Nature impelled men to make sounds with their tongues And they found it useful to give names to things Much for the… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
I think literary theory has not been terribly good for English studies in a while. It's not that theory isn't interesting, but… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in French… — Deborah Levy Copy Share Image
Many people must have noticed the intense attention given by children to the conversation of grown-ups when they cannot possibly be understanding… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Each of these failures for me is a failure of communication, via a mode of communication that can be violent or meant… — Claudia Rankine Copy Share Image
We shall do a much better programming job, provided that we approach the task with a full appreciation of its tremendous difficulty,… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
“What you should do," she told Fat during one of his darker hours, "is get into studying the characteristics of the T-34."… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“To describe an emotion is to feel with words. To communicate a moment of existence is to bridge the eternal and the… — Charles M. Heyworth Copy Share Image