“By the time they are 4 years old, children from poor families have heard 32 million fewer words than children with professional parents.” — Betty Hart Copy Share Image
“Language is art, language is imagery, music, rhythm, thought, responsibility and communication. With the extensive English vocabulary available to us, an abundance… — Ellen Palestrant Copy Share Image
To describe drunkenness for the colorful vocabulary is rather cynical. There is nothing easier than to capitalize on drunkards. — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Playing nice isn't really something that's in my vocabulary. I just do what I think is right. — Katie Hill Copy Share Image
Arthur Young's Reflexive Universe - fascinating but too schematic to fit into my scheme. The most I could hope for was a… — James Merrill Copy Share Image
What I wanted to do was slap him down a bit with wit and words. Grammar and vocabulary as a weapon. But… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
It might interest you to know that the 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary identifies the optimist in complimentary terms, but says nothing about… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
You need to up your vocabulary, boy. You can’t walk around letting people think you’re stupid. Expand your horizons. Besides, it’s fun… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
The words "I Can't" should be permanently stricken from your vocabulary, especially the vocabulary of your thoughts. You must see yourself always… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
I see someone play, or I listen to a record, and I think, "How did they make that sound?' It's not emulation;… — Keith Fullerton Whitman Copy Share Image
There's a way of thinking that comes with being an editor that is incredibly useful on the set. It's not just a… — Joe Dante Copy Share Image
There is a satisfactory boniness about grammar which the flesh of sheer vocabulary requires before it can become a vertebrate and walk… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
I've grown, and my passion for music has grown. I've become more advanced and I've enhanced my vocabulary. All around artist development. — Lil Baby Copy Share Image
Possible ideas and thoughts are vast in number. A distinct word for every distinct idea and thought would require a vast vocabulary.… — John Wesley Powell Copy Share Image
When you are wanting to comfort someone in their grief take the words 'at least' out of your vocabulary. In saying them… — Kay Warren Copy Share Image
Notes and chords have become my second language and, more often than not, that vocabulary expresses what I feel when language fails… — Slash Copy Share Image
I never really thought I had an extensive vocabulary like that, and I'm not an avid reader. I didn't read a lot… — Gza Copy Share Image
In the second half of the 20th century, people are becoming more limited: Vocabularies are smaller, thoughts are smaller, aspirations are smaller,… — Christopher Reeve Copy Share Image
Free voluntary reading results in better reading comprehension, writing style, vocabulary, spelling, and grammatical development — Stephen D. Krashen Copy Share Image
White rhythm is waltzes, marches, and the polka. In Africa, rhythm is used for a celebratory groove, but white rhythm doesn't have… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
Actors always feel more comfortable when there's an actor directing, in terms of vocabulary and breaking down a scene. — Kurt Sutter Copy Share Image
To see yourself on the big screen, you're big, you hate your voice, your vocabulary. You say the same words, you speak… — Carine Roitfeld Copy Share Image
Difference of thoughts will produce difference of language. He that thinks with more extent than another, will want words of a larger… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
When you lose someone, you go through a lot of metaphors. Our vocabulary falters in the face of death. — Mary Katharine Ham Copy Share Image
