“A picture is worth 1,000 megapixels. High-definition (HD) TV images are used to camouflage some writers' low-definition (LD) vocabulary.” — John R. Dallas Jr Copy Share Image
Eventually, if you're experimenting with a sound that's unfamiliar, it gets absorbed, and somebody comes and does it better, and it becomes… — Beck Copy Share Image
Architecture is restricted to such a limited vocabulary. A building is either a high-rise or a perimeter block or a town house. — Bjarke Ingels Copy Share Image
Unlike sciences, literature as art relies on societal acceptance of a certain vocabulary. — Jimenez Lai Copy Share Image
Donald Trump was sharp; he was very perceptive. He was engaging. He had this expansive vocabulary, and he very seldom took breaks. — Omarosa Manigault Newman Copy Share Image
If 'gay' is not in your vocabulary, if being gay is not an option in your world, then you're far more likely… — Suzanne Brockmann Copy Share Image
A backup plan means somewhere in my head, I think I might fail and that word is not in my vocabulary. Plus… — Malorie Blackman Copy Share Image
“In many a case, the phrase ‘I’d like to get to know you better’ is a euphemism for ‘I want us to… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
There is a continuum of values between the churches and the general community. What distinguishes the handling of these values in the… — Peter L. Berger Copy Share Image
This (functional - E.W.) language controls by reducing the linguistic forms and symbols of reflection, abstraction, development, contradiction; by substituting images for… — Herbert Marcuse 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
It's like learning a language; you can't speak a language fluently until you find out who you are in that language, and… — Fred Frith Copy Share Image
It is said that the American vocabulary has declined by half in the past few decades. It's a tragic instance of desertification… — Stephanie Mills Copy Share Image
Because the blues is the basis of most American music in the 20th century. It's a 12-bar form that's played by jazz,… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I believe that if it were possible to scrap the whole of existing literature, all writers would find themselves inevitably producing something… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
Many studies have established the fact that there is a high correlation between vocabulary and intelligence and that the ability to increase… — Bergen Evans Copy Share Image
“To enjoy and learn from what you read you must understand the meanings of the words a writer uses. You do yourself… — Charles Harrington Elster Copy Share Image
Here was opportunity to make an audience walk and move, be sociable in a way never dreamed of by the rigors of… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
“At the end of each day, Elizabeth read to me. She had shelves and shelves of children's classics, dusty hardcovers with stamped… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Copy Share Image
It's funny how certain objects convey a message - my washer and dryer, for example. They can't speak, of course, but whenever… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
there was a time before you but I can't remember it now a time before your beauty and I were formally introduced… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
The mind is incredible. Once you've gained mastery over it, channeling its powers positively for your purposes, you can do anything. I… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
To anyone who has followed the practice of using profanity or vulgarity and would like to correct the habit, could I offer… — L. Tom Perry Copy Share Image
I had to learn that slower is faster. If you practice every day with patience and correctness, you will get there. It's… — Edward Villella Copy Share Image
When I write a poem, I do not have to worry about using a higher Urdu vocabulary because I know the reader… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
The struggle to make an absolute statement in an individually conceived vocabulary accounts for the profound tensions inherent in the best modern… — Harold Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I have no fear, no fear at all. I wake up, and I have no fear. I go to bed without fear.… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
My parents were stuck in the idea of what a marriage should be, and they divorced. So I've tried to take the… — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
One superlatively important effect of wide reading is the enlargement of vocabulary which always accompanies it. — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
Remove 'can't', 'won't' and 'shouldn't' from your vocabulary when they restrict attainment. Persevere if you truly believe your cause is just. — Danny Villanueva Copy Share Image
When I wear high heels I have a great vocabulary and I speak in paragraphs. I'm more eloquent. I plan to wear… — Meg Ryan Copy Share Image
I like a woman who has a vocabulary larger than 'shoes' and 'handbags.' But a nice pair of legs to go in… — Kirk Acevedo 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
I can get by quite well in Italian or German, though if the discussion got to a high level, I'd run out… — Roy Hodgson Copy Share Image
Mythology is a really beautiful vocabulary passed down through centuries that helps us understand the perennial parts of our nature. — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
since each child reads only about six hundred books in the course of childhood, each book should nourish them in some way… — Joan Aiken Copy Share Image
A language is not just a body of vocabulary or a set of grammatical rules. ¦ Every language is an old-growth forest… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My emoji vocabulary is pretty limited to, like, the smiling poop and the rainbow and a unicorn or something. — Bob Morley Copy Share Image
I always had a great appreciation for jazz, but I'm a very pedestrian musician. I get by. I like to think that… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Compassion is a piece of vocabulary that could change us if we truly let it sink into the standards by which we… — Krista Tippett Copy Share Image
