“Clearing his throat, he rumbled, "Miss Darling, a word if you please." "Sesquipedalian," she said, keeping her back towards him. The strange… — A.C. Warneke Copy Share Image
“Being created in the image of our omnipotent God, our spoken words are potent. Speaking what we believe—even from ourselves to ourselves—is… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
What I like to do is treat words as a craftsman does his wood or stone or what-have-you, to hew, carve, mold,… — Dylan Thomas Copy Share Image
Simplicity is no longer presented as a virtue. The value of complex and difficult language has been preached with such insistence that… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was… — F. Murray Abraham Copy Share Image
I will continue - as Labour Leader - to pursue the causes of peace and justice in Israel-Palestine, the wider Middle East… — Jeremy Corbyn Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer in rehearsal and a big believer in the actors being able to find the material themselves and identify… — Dean Israelite Copy Share Image
“Words move, music moves Only in time; but that which is only living Can only die. Words, after speech, reach Into the… — T.S. Eliot Copy Share Image
“She walks to a table She walk to table She is walking to a table She walk to table now What difference… — Wang Ping Copy Share Image
Language [can] be expressed . . . by movements of the hands and face just as well as by the small, sound-generating… — Harlan Lane Copy Share Image
The beauty of a language is, generally judged by its soft or rigid, melodious or harsh, ring. Other aspects, such as the… — Kató Lomb Copy Share Image
Families are like countries. They have their own language and jokes and secrets and assumptions about the right and wrong ways of… — Roland Merullo Copy Share Image
“Learning a language happens in stages, and the first breakthrough is a limited understanding. Somehow the words began to make sense; I… — Vicki Archer Copy Share Image
“Language had arrived from outer space and mated together lizards and monkeys or whatever until it had customized a host which could… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
There is speaking well, speaking easily, speaking justly and speaking seasonably: It is offending against the last, to speak of entertainments before… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
When I recall my teachers at school, I realise that half of them were abnormal. . . . We pupils of old… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
As words are not the things we speak about, and structure is the only link between them, structure becomes the only content… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
“Every woman has known the torment of getting up to speak. Her heart racing, at times entirely lost for words, ground and… — Hélène Cixous Copy Share Image
“Linguists have long debated the links between language, culture, and cognition. The theory of linguistic relativity posits that language itself—the specific tongue… — Emily Anthes Copy Share Image
We are a free people; and now you have planted in our country the title deeds of our future slavery. You are… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
What poetry is asking us to accept can be difficult. Our proximity to our mortality, the fragility of our existence, how close… — Matthew Zapruder Copy Share Image
In order to understand people, we have to understand their way of life and approach. If we wish to convince them, we… — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
“I tried to think the same thought in as many different religions as possible, so the thought itself wouldn't be limited by… — Patricia Geary Copy Share Image
It is blessed to eat into the very soul of the Bible until, at last, you come to talk in Scriptural language,… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
[When her daughter suggested the President refer in his conversation with foreign dignitaries about lawn care to 'fertilizer' instead of to 'manure':]… — Bess Truman Copy Share Image
Humans also tend to find community to be pleasurable, and within the boundaries of community relationships, words - often ironic and self-deprecating… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“Is. English. Not. Your. Native. Language?" Grim spoke each word separately, and strung each syllable out. Nick hated it when he did… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
A composition which dazzles at first sight by gaudy epithets, or brilliant turns or expression, or glittering trains of imagery, may fade… — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
America is not a nation of separation. All our citizens are Americans. The common denominator is our language. Our language is English.… — James Traficant Copy Share Image
MONOSYLLABIC, adj. Composed of words of one syllable . . . Commonly Saxon - that is to say, words of a barbarous… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I believe it is essential to have English as the official language of our National Government, for the English language is the… — Jim Sensenbrenner Copy Share Image
Ally." Peeta says the words slowly, tasting it. "Friend. Lover. Victor. Enemy. Fiancee. Target. Mutt. Neighbor. Hunter. Tribute. Ally. I'll add it… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“SIOP Feature 21 requires activities that integrate all language skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking)—that is, forced output in English for all students,… — James Crawford Copy Share Image
Thinking cannot be clear until it has had expression-we must write, or speak, or act our thoughts, or they will remain in… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I get so much inspiration from my travels, but I also started an exercise where I write down so many words every… — Francisco Costa Copy Share Image
Both Trump and Putin use language primarily to communicate not facts or opinions but power: it's not what the words mean that… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
Our effectiveness depends on our capacity to be audacious and astute, clear and appealing. I would hope that we can create a… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
There's nothing unusual about a single language dying. But what's going on today is extraordinary when we compare the situation to what… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
“The words he had written wiggled off the page and escaped from the drawer. The letters stacked themselves, one on top of… — Pam Muñoz Ryan Copy Share Image
When we started on 'Power,' I was committed to respecting the differences among Spanish dialects: Dominican, Nuyorican, Mexican, etc. I wanted the… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
![“Language [can] be expressed . . . by movements of the hands and face just as well as by the small, sound-generating movements of the throat and mouth. Then the first criterion for language that I had learned as a student—it is spoken and heard—was wrong; and, more important, language did not…” quote by Harlan Lane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d1/harlan-lane-110195_ability_language-can-be-expressed-by-movements-o_1734575.png)
![“[When her daughter suggested the President refer in his conversation with foreign dignitaries about lawn care to 'fertilizer' instead of to 'manure':] But remember, it took me almost thirty years to get him to call it manure.” quote by Bess Truman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fe/bess-truman-27530_care_when-her-daughter-suggested-the-presiden_25215.png)
