Language Quotes

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Proletarian language is dictated by hunger. The poor chew words to fill their bellies. — Theodor Adorno
No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language. — Theodore Bikel
Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered another country. Learn its language or risk being left out. — Theodore Bikel
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. — Josh Billings
I change the language with which I use my voice. In opera, I know I have an orchestra behind me; I have to communicate to… — Andrea Bocelli
My suggestion is that at each state the proper order of operation of the mind requires an overall grasp of what is generally known, not… — David Bohm
When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as… — Niels Bohr
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it. — Napoleon Bonaparte
You have to learn the language of Hamlet. — Edward Bond
I have learned to interface - what I think would be the contemporary term - with various different lexicons, and people speak very different languages.… — Bono
I do have a regard for the musicality of language that came from BBC sitcoms like 'Fawlty Towers.' — Russell Brand
In general, every country has the language it deserves. — Jorge Luis Borges
Big stuff and little: learning how to order breakfast in a country where I don't speak the language and haven't been before - that's really… — Anthony Bourdain
Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought. — Elizabeth Bowen
Language is a mixture of statement and evocation. — Elizabeth Bowen
For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life - the lesson of your… — Joseph Brodsky
Every individual ought to know at least one poet from cover to cover: if not as a guide through the world, then as a yardstick… — Joseph Brodsky
For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language. — Joseph Brodsky
Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing with words. — Gwendolyn Brooks
Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides. — Rita Mae Brown

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