Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but… — William Penn Copy Share Image
The New Oxford Dictionary has declared Sarah Palin's word 'refudiate' to be the 2010 Word of the Year. Palin was honored and… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
“To conjugate (or modify the form of the verb) you follow two simple steps: 1) remove the –en from the verb and… — Dagny Taggart Copy Share Image
Don't believe a word they're telling to you. They let me down, where will I find where I fit in, I hate… — A Day To Remember Copy Share Image
There is almost no evidence that diagnoses such as 'schizophrenia' and 'bipolar disorder' correspond to discrete entities ('natural kinds' in the language… — Richard Bentall Copy Share Image
“For all symbols are fluxional; all language is vehicular and transitive, and is good, as ferries and houses are, for conveyance, not… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I need to get a greater vocabulary than what I have and when I get mad and my brain searches for a… — Duane Chapman Copy Share Image
There are many languages in the world; in meaning all are the same. If you break the cups, water will be unified… — Rumi Copy Share Image
“From time immemorial, some men supposed to deal in one-valued 'eternal verities'. We called such men 'philosophers' or 'meta-physicians'. But they seldom… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
“Every sign, linguistic or nonlinguistic, spoken or written (in the usual sense of this opposition), as a small or large unity, can… — Jacques Derrida Copy Share Image
There is a sensuousness to language, there's a pace to it. There's a deliciousness to it. I do have pleasure when I'm… — Jonathan Santlofer Copy Share Image
So for instance in rap music, you very often hear words that would seem very racist, or very misogynous or very homophobic… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
I'd like to continue my education. The physical stuff's great and I think it's great as an actor because you get to… — Scott Eastwood Copy Share Image
“For instance, it is high time we revamp the false notion that our dogs view us as their “pack.” The “pack” language—with… — Alexandra Horowitz Copy Share Image
“If the changes that we fear be thus irresistible, what remains but to acquiesce with silence, as in the other insurmountable distresses… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The words are very distinctly formed; but by the bodily ear they are not heard. They are, however, much more clearly understood… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
You can say 'stop' or 'alto' or use any other word you think will work but I've found that a large bore… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
Notes and chords have become my second language and, more often than not, that vocabulary expresses what I feel when language fails… — Slash Copy Share Image
I think photography is a universal language as far as storytelling goes, and I think that's what it's most successful at. — Mary Mattingly Copy Share Image
one should always talk well about oneself! The word spreads around and in the end, noone remembers where it started — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
That choice to be ready to reject all other purposes, in favor of the possibilities of language freed from utility, is when… — Matthew Zapruder Copy Share Image
When you look a certain way, or you have a certain presence, people take someone else's word over yours. — Machine Gun Kelly Copy Share Image
We don't need more divisive language or programs and policies that are going to tear the fabric of the nation apart. — Blase J. Cupich Copy Share Image
Learn to feel sorry for music because, although it is the international language, it has no swear words. — Billy Connolly Copy Share Image
“word is like a sword; you should be wise when to use it or it'll kill and ruin everything you did in… — A Thaselia Copy Share Image
By emphasizing the importance of a common language, we safeguard a proud legacy and help to ensure that America's future will be… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Words are a big deal to me. I'm verbal and visual and I'm always struggling to find a way to smash those… — Arthur Jones Copy Share Image
The incarnate Word is with us, is still speaking, is present always, yet leaves no sign but everything that is. — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
I think the cinema you like has more to do with silence, and the theater you like has more to do with… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
There are no clear boundary lines between what is physiological, what is psychological, and what is spiritual. Those are language domains that… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
All of the life-changing awesome words and pictures and ideas inside your library are useless without just one word outside your library:… — Mo Willems Copy Share Image
I can do pretty good work in various short forms, but anything over 1400 words, I'd be of no use. I like… — Peter Schjeldahl Copy Share Image
If you know how to handle the verbs, you know how to handle the language. Everything else is just vocabulary. — Michel Thomas Copy Share Image
Writing is finally about one thing: going into a room alone and doing it, putting words on paper that have never been… — William Goldman Copy Share Image
Express everything you like. No word can hurt you. None. No idea can hurt you. Not being able to express an idea… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
Language, in its origin and essence, is simply a system of signs or symbols that denote real occurrences or their echo in… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
“I love the juxtaposition of these words. I love the incongruity, the oddity, the very strangeness of their nearness. Dizzy Gillespie. Pakistan.… — Maliha Masood Copy Share Image
It is often too easy to explain a novel idea to a few enlightened persons with a few words. But to enlighten… — Anuj Copy Share Image
I used some vivid language that, if I could take it back, I'd take it back. It's not my intention to be… — Paul O'Neill Copy Share Image
The power to express love or hate. The power to give or take. The power to heal or harm. Choose your words… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
