Language Quotes

5358 quotes by 3063 authors

You must feel what you're singing, not just have a good presentation of the language. — Cecilia Bartoli
I want to feel my own nothingness, I want to give myself up in absolute resignation to God, to lie prostrate and passive at His… — Thomas Chalmers
I do not know if there is a more dreadful word in the English language than that word "lost." — Charles Spurgeon
Strong emotional experiences are for the most part impersonal. Anyone who has hated another person so much that only chance stands between that person and… — Robert Musil
I believe faith is a human universal. We are endowed at birth with nascent capacities for faith. How these capacities are activated and grow depends… — James W. Fowler
Brave old-flowers! Wall-flowers, Gilly flowers, Stocks! For even as the field-flowers, from which a trifle, a ray of beauty, a drop of perfume, divides them,… — Maurice Maeterlinck
A special skill, like speaking several languages, or keeping your mouth shut in one. — Evan Esar
We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices of interpretation. — Edward Sapir
Language is political. That's why you and me, my Brother and Sister, that's why we supposed to choke our natural self into the weird, lying,… — June Jordan
What appeals to me? There are things, points of view, uses of the language, habits of dress, ways of thought and believing that came to… — Tommy Lee Jones
The fact that man produces a concept "I" besides the totality of his mental and emotional experiences or perceptions does not prove that there must… — Albert Einstein
We already knew that kids learned computer technology more easily than adults, It is as if children were waiting all these centuries for someone to… — Jaron Lanier
I die for speaking the language of the angels. — Joan of Arc
It is striking how our language reveals the visual nature of our thoughts about the future state of affairs. When we invent the future, we… — James M. Kouzes
Certainty is not biologically possible. We must learn (and teach our children) to tolerate the unpleasantness of uncertainty. Science has given us the language and… — Robert Burton
Attitude is the most important word in any language. Your attitude controls every aspect of your life. Attitude should definitely be taught in all schools… — Bob Proctor
No intelligent man will ever be so bold as to put into language those things which his reason has contemplated. — Plato
Jesus is God spelling Himself out in language that men can understand. — S. D Gordon
Building technical systems involves a lot of hard work and specialized knowledge: languages and protocols, coding and debugging, testing and refactoring. — Jesse James Garrett
All the hands, hearts and minds of the individuals collectively contribute to the team's success. (listen to your team, watch their body language, share your… — Suzanne Yoculan

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