But all this language gotten, and augmented by Adam and his posterity, was again lost at the tower of Babel , when… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
Did any of you, parents, ever hear your child wake from sleep with some panic fear and shriek the mother's name through… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Did chemistry theorems exist? No: therefore you had to go further, not be satisfied with the quia, go back to the origins,… — Primo Levi Copy Share Image
“After two or three stanzas and several images by which he was himself astonished, his work took possession of him and he… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
“But the secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components. Every words that serves no function, every… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
Indeed art is fundamental : to science, mathematics and to language. Unfortunately theorists, educators, parents and administrators have not fully understood its… — John A. Hiigli Copy Share Image
A bleak, black book, it engenders awe and despair. I have read it in its entirety 4 1/2 times, each time finding… — Michael Silverblatt Copy Share Image
Physics is to be regarded not so much as the study of something a priori given, but rather as the development of… — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
“All those things for which we have no words are lost. The mind—the culture—has two little tools, grammar and lexicon: a decorated… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
When you're about three years old, you start to learn how to be manipulative. I know this from my own experience -… — Nir Hod Copy Share Image
A wonderful area for speculative academic work is the unknowable. These days religious subjects are in disfavor, but there are still plenty… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
What I supported when I was a young man, was that the solution to bring justice to all in South Africa, was… — Frederik Willem de Klerk Copy Share Image
Lexical variety, eccentric constructions and punctuation, variant spellings, archaisms, the ability to pile clause on clause, the effortless incorporation of words from… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
Sometimes language gets in the way of the story's feelings. The reader finds himself experiencing the language of the story rather than… — Leonard Michaels Copy Share Image
The usual terminology of political language is stupid. What is 'left' and what is 'right'? Why should Hitler be 'right' and Stalin,… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
When the film [Certified Copy] was in the Cannes Festival, I realized that the fact of having it shot in a different… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
“say v. (says; past and past part.said) 1 [reporting verb] utter words so as to convey information, an opinion, a feeling or… — Oxford University Press Copy Share Image
“To remain far-sighted, you need to surround yourself with far-sighted visionaries. You need to surround yourself with people who think like you.… — D.S. Mashego Copy Share Image
“The bond between book reader and book writer has always been a tightly symbiotic one, a means of intellectual and artistic cross-fertilization.… — Nicholas Carr Copy Share Image
No word in our language not even "Socialism" has been employed more loosely than " Mysticism ." ... The history of the… — William Ralph Inge Copy Share Image
I was in Paris at an English-language bookstore. I picked up a volume of Dickinson's poetry. I came back to my hotel,… — Gordon Getty Copy Share Image
I don't know how you feel, but I feel like writing, clarity of thought, and truth have been validated because we see… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Some feminist critics debate whether we take our meaning and sense of self from language and in that process become phallocentric ourselves,… — Paula Gunn Allen Copy Share Image
My parents are European immigrants. And I think as Europeans there are so many languages in close proximity that it's part of… — Stana Katic Copy Share Image
I stole a ton of film language from Steven Soderbergh and 'The Limey.' It's the definition of elliptical. It was the first… — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
The advantage of the gypsy language, even though I don't understand it that much, the language is perfect melody. So if you… — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
It is almost impossible to translate verbally and well at the same time; for the Latin (a most severe and compendious language)… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
“To a text-based life-form, unpredictable syntax and poor grammar is a source of huge discomfort. Ill-fitting grammar are like ill-fitting shoes. You… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“But while we are confined to books, though the most select and classic, and read only particular written languages, which are themselves… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Originally when we talked about language disorder it was a catastrophic language disorder. It's substantial, and from a treatment standpoint it's okay… — Darold Treffert Copy Share Image
The ordinary Nigerians have lived as neighbors down the millennia. I was talking about the British who came and merged a whole… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
“I thought again about throwing language all over a scene, wondered if the emotional mystery of one's response to place doesn't lie… — Daniel Duane Copy Share Image
All this twaddle, the existence of God, atheism, determinism, liberation, societies, death, etc., are pieces of a chess game called language, and… — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
As languages go, English is pretty user friendly. If you look at a tiny language spoken somewhere that most of us have… — John McWhorter Copy Share Image
Poetry is interesting because not everyone is going to become a great poet, but anyone can be, and anyone can enjoy poetry,… — Amanda Gorman Copy Share Image
Art is universal. It unites mankind in common brotherhood. As a missionary of civilization, its message is both to heart and mind.… — James Jackson Jarves Copy Share Image
There are some beautiful books out there. But the ones that leave me cold are the ones where I feel - it's… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm actually all for political correctness. If you want to work to change the usage of a word that's discriminatory then fine,… — Frankie Boyle Copy Share Image
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“Good words were the difference between Emily eating well and not. And what she had found worked best were not facts or… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
![“When the film [Certified Copy] was in the Cannes Festival, I realized that the fact of having it shot in a different culture, in a different language, in a different setting, that wasn't mine and that I didn't belong to, gave me a totally different relationship to the film. When I was sitting in…” quote by Abbas Kiarostami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb3/abbas-kiarostami-2631_audience_when-the-film-certified-copy-was-in-the_200718.png)
![“say v. (says; past and past part.said) 1 [reporting verb] utter words so as to convey information, an opinion, a feeling or intention, or an instruction: [with direct speech] “Thank you,” he said | [with clause] he said the fund stood at $100,000 | [trans.] our parents wouldn't believe a word we…” quote by Oxford University Press](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/498/oxford-university-press-30025_communication_say-v-says-past-and-past-part-said-1-rep_2258132.jpg)
![“Henry: [in an interrogation room] Don't say a word. Shawn: [pause] Fergulous. Henry: Shawn, I said no words. Shawn: Oh, I see. Two weeks ago, we're playing Scrabble, it's not a word. Suddenly it is a word because it's convenient for you.” quote by Psych](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/psych-103649_interrogation_henry-in-an-interrogation-room-don-t-say_2450046.jpg)
