Language Quotes

5358 quotes by 3063 authors

It's really difficult for me. Language, I am sorry that I haven't. I think I just always expected that you learn a word in place… — Bo Derek
As soon as there is language, generality has entered the scen. — Jacques Derrida
Restoring the Welsh language in Wales is nothing less than a revolution. It is only through revolutionary means that we can succeed. — Unknown Author
It was less a literary thing than a linguistic, philosophical preoccupation... discovering how far you can go with language to create immediate, elementary experience. Maybe… — Robert Morgan
Part of what we love about poetry is the fact that it seems ancient, that it has an authority of ancient language and ancient form,… — Robert Morgan
Its language is as bare as a monk's cell, and as uninviting. — Clifford Longley
They cannot make it say what they want it to say. And this is the beginning and the end of the case for retaining the… — Clifford Longley
I think the main thing was that the character couldn't speak in regular language, so he had to be mimed. — Peter Mayhew
The difference between a contemporary liberal and a socialist is that to a liberal the most beautiful word in the English language is 'forbidden', whereas… — John McCarthy
In terms of language, yeah we get bleeped and blurred and things, but in terms of content, I would probably say we're getting away with… — Graham Norton
I think it's linked to the realisation that we're not going to live forever and that the way of saying and the language become more… — John McGahern
Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do… — Robert E. Lee
The danger of that - and there's a grave danger that I, myself, have to be very aware of - is that you become so… — Leo Ornstein
I want do a Mandarin language movie. It'll probably be the next movie I do after the one I do next. — Quentin Tarantino
That means presenting the issues in certain ways that will appeal to those people and then becoming a prisoner of your own language and thought… — Robert Scheer
First you learn a new language, profanity; and second you learn not to discipline your dogs when you're mad, and that's most of the time… — Lou Schultz
It's my belief we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain. — Lily Tomlin
If you can not master your language you must be it's slave. — Jenny Weber
The economic piece is still missing, since it's so hard to attract industry to reservations, but spiritually and educationally, they're doing just fine. Each tribe… — James Welch
I have my own language and it's high time I put a little of it out there. — Paul Westerberg

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