We have also obtained a glimpse of another crucial idea about languages and program design. This is the approach of statified design,… — Hal Abelson Copy Share Image
Some languages are musical in themselves, so that it is pleasant to hear any one read or converse in them, even though… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
I think that's the job of the writer, right? Not to introduce new ideas or feelings, but to name the ones we… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
There are some words I find impossibly difficult ... 'Love,' 'feeling' and especially 'happiness' are at the head of the list. This… — Jenny Diski Copy Share Image
“This is another paradox, that many of the most important impressions and thoughts in a person's life are ones that flash through… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English―it is the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
We are writers. We danced with words, as children, in what became familiar patterns. The words became our friends and our companions,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I kind of miss that "becoming" stage, as most times you really don't know what's around the corner. Now, of course, I've… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
All I need to understand is the unwritten law of warriors," he said firmly. "And women and children are never sent to… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Surely it is time to examine into the meaning of words and the nature of things, and to arrive at simple facts,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
John Bunyan, while he had a surpassing genius, would not condescend to cull his language from the garden of flowers; but he… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“It was beyond imagining that bad font influences judgments of truth and improves cognitive performance, or that an emotional response to the… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“Why are there more male hyperpolyglots? One answer is that speaking a lot of languages is a geek macho thing (...) It… — Michael Erard Copy Share Image
At, like, 11, I think, that was just me watching a lot of YouTube videos, and I whenever I had the chance,… — Rich Brian Copy Share Image
You and I must realize that the English language is filled with words that, in addition to their literal meanings, convey distinct… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
I believe that should is one of the most damaging words in our language. Every time we use it, we are, in… — Louise Hay Copy Share Image
By the time the child can draw more that scribble, by the age of four or five years, an already well-formed body… — Karl Buhler Copy Share Image
From now on I will consider a language to be a set (finite or infinite) of sentences, each finite in length and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library, whose walls are covered to the ceiling with books… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
If I could express the same thing with words as with music, I would, of course, use a verbal expression. Music is… — Jean Sibelius Copy Share Image
“Shapiro’s and others’ research in industrial organizations influenced the Department of Justice’s efforts to write antitrust policies for networked markets, and they… — Bharat Anand Copy Share Image
“Tiff rolled her eyes like her brother before her. “Just because you can use big words doesn’t mean you’re smart okay”. “My… — Benedict Fetsch Copy Share Image
Even the most incompetent English actor, coming on the stage briefly to announce the presence below of Lord and Lady Ditherege, gives… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The language of freedom-fighting was so co-opted by the baby boomers in order to express their now-hopelessly compromised ideologies that no other… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
The idea of writing, to me, was, from the beginning, was writing something which was a little different from the ordinary exchange… — W. S. Merwin Copy Share Image
A. L. Vijay asked if I could dance, and I just said yes. I didn't tell him the only dancing I had… — Amy Jackson Copy Share Image
The United States, a land of immigrants from every corner of the world, has been strengthened and unified because its newcomers have… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
I will probably get creamed for saying this, but as a CEO, I've felt a little scared to talk about diversity and… — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
You'll hear people say it's racist to test. Folks, it's racist not to test. Because guess who gets shuffled through the system… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I have been challenged with the fictional languages I have to learn. I wasn't terrible at languages at school - I got… — Nathalie Emmanuel Copy Share Image
We have a great deal more kindness than is ever spoken. The whole human family is bathed with an element of love… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Language as putative science. - The significance of language for the evolution of culture lies in this, that mankind set up in… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
...I want first of all - in fact, as an end to these other desires - to be at peace with myself.… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
“The word priority came into the English language in the 1400s. It was singular. It meant the very first or prior thing.… — Greg McKeown Copy Share Image
“A sphinx. A mystery. A blank. Unknown. Undefined. Unknowable. Indefinable. Those were all the words Brandy used to describe me in my… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Do you miss Wales?” Tessa inquired. Will shrugged lightly. “What’s to miss? Sheep and singing,” he said. “And the ridiculous language. Fe… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Egnaro is a secret known to everyone but yourself. It is a country or a city to which you have never been;… — M. John Harrison Copy Share Image
What love is to man, music is to the arts and to mankind. Music is love itself - it is the purest,… — Carl Maria von Weber Copy Share Image
So thirsty," Jack groaned. "So worried,"said the frog. I hope we don't starve to death." "Yes,"said Jill, "not starving to death would… — Adam Gidwitz Copy Share Image
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