Language Quotes

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The effects of abuse are devastating and far-reaching. Domestic violence speaks many languages, has many colours and lives in many different communities. — Sandra Pupatello
When language is used without true significance, it loses its purpose as a means of communication and becomes an end in itself. — Karl Jaspers
The real being of language is that into which we are taken up when we hear it - what is said. — Hans-Georg Gadamer
The more language is a living operation, the less we are aware of it. Thus it follows from the self-forgetfulness of language that its real… — Hans-Georg Gadamer
The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its… — Thomas B. Macaulay
Human beings do not live in the objective world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very much… — Edward Sapir
Myspace alone has just over 80 million users and ranks as the sixth most popular English language website and the eighth most popular site in… — Mike Fitzpatrick
Every human being should know two languages: the language of society and the language of signs. One serves to communicate with other people, the other… — Paulo Coelho
He knows that the most important words in all languages are the small words. — Paulo Coelho
The warrior knows that the most important words in all languages are the small words. Yes. Love. God. They are words that are easy enough… — Paulo Coelho
In all the languages in the world, there is the same proverb: "What the eyes don't see, the heart doesn't grieve over." Well, I say… — Paulo Coelho
There is a language that is beyond words. If I can learn to decipher that language without words, I will be able to decipher the… — Paulo Coelho
The language of enthusiasm, of things accomplished with love and purpose, and as part of a search for something believed in and desired. — Paulo Coelho
Yet some of my friends tell me they understand 50 percent of what my mother says. Some say they understand 80 to 90 percent. Some… — Amy Tan
Force is the only language the imperialists can hear, and no country became free without some sort of violence. — Nelson Mandela
The poet, by composing poems, uses a language that is neither dead nor living, that few people speak, and few people understand We are the… — Jean Cocteau
My homeland is the portuguese language. — Fernando Pessoa
There is a word, in a verb, something sacred which forbids us from using it recklessly.Â To handle a language cunningly is to practice a… — Charles Baudelaire
If you have a craftsman's command of the language and basic writing techniques you'll be able to write - as long as you know what… — Jeffery Deaver
If you care about being thought credible and intelligent, do not use complex language where simpler language will do. — Daniel Kahneman

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