“The power of language. Preserving the ephemeral; giving form to dreams, permanence to sparks of sunlight.” — Penelope Lively Copy Share Image
Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power of our ultimate relationship to everything in… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
“Striving to convey to this beloved audience of one what was going on around me during those five years, I learned the… — Scott Russell Sanders Copy Share Image
...in song the words tend to lose their significance, do often lose it, while at the other extreme, in current prose it… — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
“Writing is a concentrated form of thinking. I don’t know what I think about certain subjects, even today, until I sit down… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
I was really grateful to have a chance to have some really in-depth study about the power of language using a philosopher… — Blase J. Cupich Copy Share Image
One must avoid ambition in order to write. Otherwise something else is the goal: some kind of power beyond the power of… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
There's no doubt in my mind that 'Slam' is going to be huge. It's a film about the power of language. People… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
“Saving Lives and Protecting Rights in Translation It is said that life and death are under the power of language. —Hélène Cixous,… — Nataly Kelly Copy Share Image
In prosperous times I have sometimes felt my fancy and powers of language flag, but adversity is to me at least a… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
“Saving Lives and Protecting Rights in Translation It is said that life and death are under the power of language. —Hélène Cixous,… — Nataly Kelly Copy Share Image
One of the benefits of being a mature well-educated woman is that you're not afraid of expletives. And you have no fear… — Judi Dench Copy Share Image
It is a tragedy beyond the power of language to convey when what has been imposed on women by force becomes a… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
People think that the government honors and respects us, and that they're actually going to come in and help people in need,… — Mr. Lif Copy Share Image
“You can use the power of words to bury meaning or to excavate it.” — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The power of language, it seems to me, is the only kind of power a writer is entitled to. — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
“Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power of our ultimate relationship to everything in… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
Right around my first year of college - I remember "Song of Solomon," by Toni Morrison, just moved me tremendously. The power… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“The genes supply the motivation for warfare, [E. O.] Wilson is saying, in humans as they do in chimps, but people, blessed… — Nicholas Wade Copy Share Image
“But like every kiss, this one is an answer, a clumsy but tender answer to a question that eludes the power of… — Sándor Márai Copy Share Image
“Language is not a handmaiden to perception; it is perception; it gives shape to what would otherwise be inert and dead. The… — Stanley Fish Copy Share Image
