Language Quotes

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Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write. — Vikas Swarup
So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English. — Vikram Seth
I believe in a visual language that should be as strong as the written word. — David LaChapelle
I think there must be something wrong with me as a writer. Because all my friends who are writers find reasons to hate everything about… — Roger Rosenblatt
My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot… — A. S. Byatt
I have a funny accent in every language. — Carmen Busquets
If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an exceedingly difficult secret language that only skilled professional readers and… — Robertson Davies
RIBROASTER, n. Censorious language by oneself concerning another. The word is of classical refinement, and is even said to have been used in a fable… — Ambrose Bierce
Who knows how to make love stay? Tell love you are going to the Junior's Deli on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn to pick up a… — Tom Robbins
Talking about dreams is like talking about movies, since the cinema uses the language of dreams; years can pass in a second and you can… — Federico Fellini
SATIRE, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect tenderness. In this… — Ambrose Bierce
The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. It is an intelligence about language. — Henry David Thoreau
Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Change your language and you change your thoughts. — Karl Albrecht
We speculated what it was like before we got language skills. When we humans had our first thought, most likely we didnt know what to… — Jane Wagner
Our leading principle in interpreting Scripture is this, that the Bible is a book written for men, in the language of men, and that its… — William Ellery Channing
If a person desires to understand clearly the sacred books and scriptural texts of India, to imbibe their message, he must learn the Sanskrit language;… — Sri Sathya Sai Baba
I would stand, If the night blackened with a coming storm, Beneath some rock, listening to notes that are The ghostly language of the ancient… — William Wordsworth
Charles V said that a man who knew four languages was worth four men; and Alexander the Great so valued learning, that he used to… — Thomas Babington Macaulay
But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the… — Bible

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