Common Language Quotes

33 quotes by 33 authors

Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language. — Hilaire Belloc
Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries. — Jimmy Carter
The general mental qualification necessary for scientific advancement is that which is usually denominated "common sense," though added to this, imagination, induction, and trained logic,… — Joseph Henry
We should replace bilingual education with immersion in English so people learn the common language of the country and they learn the language of prosperity,… — Newt Gingrich
It is often asserted that discussion is only possible between people who have a common language and accept common basic assumptions. I think that this… — Karl Popper
When I sang my American folk melodies in Budapest, Prague, Tiflis, Moscow, Oslo, or the Hebrides or on the Spanish front, the people understood and… — Paul Robeson
Africa is one continent, one people, and one nation. The notion that in order to have a nation it is necessary for there to be… — Kwame Nkrumah
For humanism also appeals to man as man. It seeks to liberate the universal qualities of human nature from the narrow limitations of blood and… — Christopher Dawson
Certain kinds of speed, flow, intensity, density of attacks, density of interaction... Music that concentrates on those qualities is, I think, easier achieved by free… — Evan Parker
Most new movements start this way: hundreds or thousands of individuals and groups, working in different fields and different locations, start thinking about change using… — Steven Johnson
In mathematical analysis we call x the undetermined part of line a: the rest we don't call y, as we do in common life, but… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
When a mathematician engaged in investigating physical actions and results has arrived at his own conclusions, may they not be expressed in common language as… — Michael Faraday
God created music as a common language for all men. It inspires the poets, the composers and the architects. It lures us to search our… — Khalil Gibran
Two nations divided by a common language. — Winston Churchill
I maintain that there is no common language or medium of understanding between people of education and without it - between those who judge of… — William Hazlitt
Because it equates tradition with prejudice, the left finds itself increasingly unable to converse with ordinary people in their common language. — Christopher Lasch
It doesn't happen very often that you get to work with some really good friends of yours and there's a common language between everyone, you… — Elizabeth Perkins
Growing up in a family of actors, what's great about it is that they're very supportive and they understand what it's like to be an… — Chris Pine
There is nothing terribly difficult in the Bible - at least in a technical way. The Bible is written in street language, common language. Most… — Eugene H. Peterson
We all live in a small unique world, that's why we need at least one sole common language. — William C. Brown

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