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title: "22 Using Language Quotes by 22 authors"
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> [Why do they rate a movie R for adult language? The only people I hear using that language are teenagers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/why-do-they-rate-a-movie-r-for-adult-language-the-only-people-i-hear/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Poetry seems to be the only weapon able to beat language, using language's own means.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/poetry-seems-to-be-the-only-weapon-able-to-beat-language-using/)

[Joseph Brodsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-brodsky/)

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> [Poetry is the art of using language to transcend language,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-overmire/poetry-is-the-art-of-using-language-to-transcend-language/)

[Laurence Overmire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-overmire/)

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> [Using language like jungle growth isn't the solution to telling a story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-l-heureux/using-language-like-jungle-growth-isn-t-the-solution-to-telling-a/)

[John L'Heureux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-l-heureux/)

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> [Even though we can't communicate using the same language, we use music instead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-jong-hyun/even-though-we-can-t-communicate-using-the-same-language-we-use-music/)

[Kim Jong-hyun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-jong-hyun/)

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> [Unfortunately, we're using the same language to talk about the language we'retalking about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-jo-napoli/unfortunately-we-re-using-the-same-language-to-talk-about-the/)

[Donna Jo Napoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-jo-napoli/)

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> [There's almost no content in terms of language at all. I don't like using language to convey meaning. I'd rather use images…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-glass/there-s-almost-no-content-in-terms-of-language-at-all-i-don-t-like/)

[Philip Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-glass/)

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> [Over the years, I've trained myself to speak using the same language I would use if I were typing: meaning using full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-j-anderson/over-the-years-i-ve-trained-myself-to-speak-using-the-same-language-i/)

[Kevin J. Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-j-anderson/)

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> [I'm writing, I'm using language, I'm using that language to tell stories and even more so to get ideas across. And I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-mosley/i-m-writing-i-m-using-language-i-m-using-that-language-to-tell/)

[Walter Mosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-mosley/)

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> [As they say in Discworld, we are trying to unravel the Mighty Infinite using a language which was designed to tell one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/as-they-say-in-discworld-we-are-trying-to-unravel-the-mighty-infinite/)

[Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/)

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> [One of the great skills in using any language is knowing what not to use, what not to say. There's that simplicity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-jeffries/one-of-the-great-skills-in-using-any-language-is-knowing-what-not-to/)

[Ron Jeffries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-jeffries/)

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> [Syntax and vocabulary are overwhelming constraints --the rules that run us. Language is using us to talk --we think we're using the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mathews/syntax-and-vocabulary-are-overwhelming-constraints-the-rules-that-run/)

[Harry Mathews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mathews/)

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> [Each man is contained and constrained, on entering social life, to fit his own life in, just as he fits his words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-finkielkraut/each-man-is-contained-and-constrained-on-entering-social-life-to-fit/)

[Alain Finkielkraut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-finkielkraut/)

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> [To the extent that language forces experiences into categories it is a screen between reality and the human being. In a word,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-maslow/to-the-extent-that-language-forces-experiences-into-categories-it-is/)

[Abraham Maslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-maslow/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f59/abraham-maslow-2146_benefits_to-the-extent-that-language-forces-exper_2131426.png)

> [Language designers want to design the perfect language. They want to be able to say, 'My language is perfect. It can do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukihiro-matsumoto/language-designers-want-to-design-the-perfect-language-they-want-to/)

[Yukihiro Matsumoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukihiro-matsumoto/)

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> [Although music appeals simply to the emotions, and represents no definite images in itself, we are justified in using any language which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-reginald-haweis/although-music-appeals-simply-to-the-emotions-and-represents-no/)

[Hugh Reginald Haweis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-reginald-haweis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/056/hugh-reginald-haweis-25135_appeals_although-music-appeals-simply-to-the-emo_89454.jpg)

> [What I learned so much about dating is that we don't seem to have a language for love that actually fits into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/celine-song/what-i-learned-so-much-about-dating-is-that-we-don-t-seem-to-have-a/)

[Celine Song](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/celine-song/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e44/celine-song-5502_dating_what-i-learned-so-much-about-dating-is-t_2220024.jpg)

> [ “The thing that makes poetry different from all other arts \[is that\] you're using language, which is what you use for everything… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-s-merwin-2/the-thing-that-makes-poetry-different-from-all-other-arts-is-that-you/)

[W.S. Merwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-s-merwin-2/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d26/w-s-merwin-2-23725_art_the-thing-that-makes-poetry-different-fr_508289.jpg)

> [It strikes me that mathematical writing is similar to using a language. To be understood you have to follow some grammatical rules.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-pierre-serre/it-strikes-me-that-mathematical-writing-is-similar-to-using-a/)

[Jean-Pierre Serre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-pierre-serre/)

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> [Language is always ambivalent. Its forms mutate and connect in unexpected ways. It's hard to instrumentalize language. But I think it's better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mckenzie-wark/language-is-always-ambivalent-its-forms-mutate-and-connect-in/)

[McKenzie Wark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mckenzie-wark/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/374/mckenzie-wark-38561_language_language-is-always-ambivalent-its-forms_1165552.jpg)

> [“The gifts of fate come with a price. For those who have been favored by life’s indulgence, rigorous respect in matters of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/the-gifts-of-fate-come-with-a-price-for-those-who-have-been-favored/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

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> [I try to write each piece in the language of the piece, so that I'm not using the same language from piece…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-de-veaux/i-try-to-write-each-piece-in-the-language-of-the-piece-so-that-i-m/)

[Alexis De Veaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-de-veaux/)

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