Language Quotes · Page 50

With books we stand on the shoulders of giants.

— John Locke

“I’m not used to being at a loss for words.”

— Bree Despain

“Say what you wanna say and let the words fall out”

— Sara Bareilles

A man without words is a man without thought.

— John Steinbeck

I write a thousand words a day.

— Lisa See

“The word in your mouth is anarchy.”

— Henry Miller

“I am fond of lovely old words like 'locomotive'.”

— Tove Jansson

Grammar is not a time of waste

— Nancy Cartwright

“All of my words, if not well put nor well taken, are well meant.”

— Woody Guthrie

“Listen closely. Hang on to every word. But most of all, please believe me.”

— Calia Read

The word 'no' is not for me. I don't hear it. You always have to try again and again.

— Frank Lowy

“Storms. How did you describe taste? "It's like color.. you see with your mouth." [Shallan] grimaced.”

— Brandon Sanderson

To have suffered much is like knowing many languages. Thou hast learned to understand all.

— George Eliot

“Words won’t have meaning until you put your emotions into them.”

— Pratik Akkawar

I'm drawn to the magical efficacies of language as a political act.

— Anne Waldman

My least favorite phrase in the English language is 'I don't care.'

— James Caan

The faster I write the better my output. If I'm going slow, I'm in trouble. It means I'm pushing the words instead…

— Raymond Chandler

My primary focus will be Malayalam films. I will choose from what comes my way and take a call irrespective of the…

— Dulquer Salmaan

To possess another language, Charlemagne tells us, is to possess another soul. German is such a language. Once you have it in…

— John le Carre

I was born and raised in China, Mandarin is my first language, and I definitely know America. I think that will be…

— Chloe Zhao

Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long…

— Gustave Flaubert

Words are just words that spit out of a persons mouth unless they give them definition by showing actions that give the…

— Megan

I knew that all South Indian language films were first made in Chennai and that Tamil Nadu is one of the biggest…

— Nargis Fakhri

All the creatures are pleased by loving words; and therefore we should address words that are pleasing to all, for there is…

— Chanakya

“Now if we rid our minds of the idea that our language is the translation or cipher of an original text, we…

— Maurice Merleau-Ponty

“In a matter of a moment the amount of sand in the upper part of the hour-glass had dwindled dramatically, the tiny…

— Jose Saragamo

We [ with Russel Crowe] had an Arabic coach there [ in the Body of Lies] that was really helpful, because it…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

If it were possible to transfer the methods of physical or of biological science directly to the study of man, the transfer…

— Leonard Bloomfield

If we trace out what we behold and experience through the language of logic, we are doing science; if we show it…

— Albert Einstein

The abused child goes on living within those who have survived such torture, a torture that ended with total repression. They live…

— Alice Miller

When people grow up in atmospheres of violence or atmospheres of poverty, they don't normally use hi-falutin' language to describe those things.…

— Philipp Meyer

We're in a world of truncated sentences, soundbites and Twitter... [Language] is being eroded -- it's changing. Our expressiveness and our ease…

— Ralph Fiennes

I like spoken-word as much as the singing word.

— Loren Mazzacane Connors

Words have a life; without response they die.

— Russell Hoban

I miss you more then words can say

— Jaurie Jenkins

That word, fan, has always kind of bothered me

— Omar Epps

But words - words are not enough!

— Klaus Kinski

“We create words, words create wonders.”

— Chandan Sharma

“Every word you pick up is loaded.”

— Kit Richard Christensen

Work is a four-letter word.

— Anonymous