But I've always admired Tamil and Malayalam films, and language isn't a barrier for me. — Tejaswi Madivada Copy Share Image
Algebra reverses the relative importance of the factors in ordinary language. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
The art of motion pictures is pictorial and language comes a distant second. — Jean-Jacques Annaud Copy Share Image
The pull between sound and syntax creates a kind of musical tension in the language that interests me. — Marilyn Hacker Copy Share Image
“The impersonality of the written word made it the easiest means of exchange...” — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
For me, chess is a language, and if it's not my native tongue, it is one I learned via the immersion method… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
“Simplicity may be simple, but like complexity it requires linguistic precision, and may therefore call for relatively obscure expressions at times.” — John White Copy Share Image
“Florid language frequently leads to merry lovemaking when accompanied by the correct diction, syntax, and timing.” — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
Shaun White and Danny Kass were obsessed with trading Olympic pins. I bet they can say 'pin' in every language. — Hannah Teter Copy Share Image
...if you do not even understand what words say, how can you expect to pass judgement on what words conceal? — Hilda Doolittle Copy Share Image
*Fucking* I just a fucking word that you can fucking put any fucking where in a fucking sentence and it fucking still… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“And however perfectionist you tried to be, in the end words were alive, in constant flux. No dictionary could ever achieve true… — Shion Miura Copy Share Image
“In the library I felt better, words you could trust and look at until you understood them, they couldn't change halfway through… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Empty your knapsack of all adjectives, adverbs and clauses that slo your stride and weaken your pace. Travel light. Remember the most… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
“What do you think was the first sound to become a word, a meaning?... I imagined two people without words, unable to… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Miss Vesper Holly has the digestive talents of a goat and the mind of a chess master. She is familiar with half… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“If you try to follow the language of thought in your own mind, you will not find even the simplest sentences- only… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
“I wonder at my incapacity for easy banter, smooth conversation, empty words to fill awkward moments. I don't have a closet filled… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
The Bible is forbidding when you start to read it. The language is odd. The stories start and stop herkily-jerkily. The characters… — David Plotz Copy Share Image
“A strange thing happens when one speaks aloud: words take on their own meaning. They move in through the listener's ears and… — K. Arsenault Rivera Copy Share Image
Leaving home early is always complicated. But when I arrived in Germany, I encountered an incredible structure built by the company that… — Roberto Firmino Copy Share Image
