Be ever gentle with the children God has given you; watch over them constantly; reprove them earnestly, but not in anger. In… — Elihu Burritt Copy Share Image
I think it's not an easy task because there's not enough Latino writers that are being given opportunities to write things -… — Karla Souza Copy Share Image
If children had teachers for judgment and eloquence just as they have for languages, if their memory was exercised less than their… — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
“I don't fall for words, I fall for action because words always carry empty promises but one step at a time is… — Euginia Herlihy Copy Share Image
Letters to the editors of English and American newspapers often contain expressions of horror about the new terms that creep into the… — Peter Farb Copy Share Image
To speak about this universal force that will lead us beyond on the last horizon of our known self toward a wiser,… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
Increase your word power. Words are the raw material of our craft. The greater your vocabulary the more effective your writing. We… — P. D. James Copy Share Image
Remember that although they may speak a different language, they are still the same kind of people as the folks you know… — Wally Byam Copy Share Image
Have been reading "Genesis" several Sundays, not as a Christian reads for "spiritual consolation," "instruction," etc., not as aninfidel reads to carp… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
It is one of my faults, that though my tongue is sometimes prompt enough at an answer, there are times when it… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
It's always exciting when you work on a show that's written by one person because you know that their vision is so… — Jessalyn Gilsig Copy Share Image
“To most of the general public, language comes down less to wonder than a rather censorious bifurcated sentiment – namely, that the… — Robert Lane Greene Copy Share Image
“In order for the thoughts of one brain to be intelligible to another, the thoughts need to be decomposed and packaged into… — Nick Bostrom Copy Share Image
When an artist is in the strict sense working, he of course takes into account the existing tastes, interests and capacity of… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The payment made by a manufacturer to a patentee for the privilege of using the patent process, is usually termed, in commercial… — Nassau William Senior Copy Share Image
No man's thoughts are new, but the style of their expression is the never-failing novelty which cheers and refreshes men. If we… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Literature transforms and intensifies ordinary language, deviates systematically from everyday speech. If you approach me at a bus stop and murmur Thou… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
You can write a radical Norwegian or a conservative Norwegian. And when I changed to a conservative Norwegian, I gained this distance… — Karl Ove Knausgaard Copy Share Image
“English is not spare. But it is beautiful. It cannot be called truthful because its subtleties are infinite. It is the language… — Paul Scott Copy Share Image
My parents have always had a very limited command of English. Of course, when we first arrived in the UK, none of… — Zia Haider Rahman Copy Share Image
There is sometimes a feeling in crime fiction that good writing gets in the way of story. I have never felt that… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
For its part, Government will listen. We will strive to listen in new ways - to the voices of quiet anguish, to… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Presidents Reagan and the first George Bush never used the vile language of some Trump supporters, but both blamed scarce resources and… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Any attempt to speak without speaking any particular language is not more hopeless than the attempt to have a religion that shall… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
I was born in Brooklyn and raised in Pittsburgh. I've never been to Iran, I don't speak the language, and, probably most… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
“Each asana is like a sound or letter in an alphabet. Every letter in an alphabet produces a unique sound vibration. Each… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
Porting a Google App Engine app written in Python to Go: Although I'm new to Go I get much quicker results than… — Aleksandr Mikhailovich Orlov Copy Share Image
“A language is the joint historical creation of millions of speakers. Although all speakers have some effect on the trajectory of a… — James C. Scott Copy Share Image
“Most words come into being first in speech, then in private writing, and then in public, published writing, which means that if… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
“Speech therapy is an art that deserves to be more widely known. You cannot imagine the acrobatics your tongue mechanically performs in… — Jean-Dominique Bauby Copy Share Image
“As a writer, you must truly possess a love for words." "Yes, that's right," I agreed. "I've noticed that some authors favor… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
If a thing can be said in ten words, I may be relied upon to take a hundred to say it. I… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Prayer is the lungs through which holiness breathes. Prayer is not only the language of spiritual life, but also makes its very… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
“I don’t think in any language. I think in images. I don’t believe that people think in languages. They don’t move their… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“Mrs. Gamely had gotten a letter through, inviting them to visit as soon as they could, and reporting that, in these years… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
This is the power of images, the ambiguity. You are never completely sure of anything. With written language, it's more concrete. You… — Albert Serra Copy Share Image
...if you wish to get pure air into your room, or if you go for a walk in the fresh air, think… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
People give the words life through their own adoration or relationship to the work, and that's true of everything. You can't divorce… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
The script [of Regression] wasn't the draw for me. It was largely Alejandro [Amenabar] and his way of talking. To hear him… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
You're a product of our language, and how our laws are and how we believe our God wants us. Every bitty molecule… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image