Language Quotes

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The largest land animal is the elephant, and it is the nearest to man in intelligence: it understands the language of its country and obeys… — Pliny the Elder
We only speak two languages here: English and profanity. — Kevin Constantine
If you are sick, fast and pray; if the language is hard to learn, fast and pray; if the people will not hear you, fast… — Fredrik Franson
There is a newly coined word in the English language for the moment when the person we're with whips out their BlackBerry or answers that… — Daniel Goleman
The afflicted are not listened to. They are like someone whose tongue has been cut out and who occasionally forgets the fact. When they move… — Simone Weil
I have discovered that in every language and every country I have visited, there are no new stories. They're all recycled. The same stressful thoughts… — Byron Katie
Language is memory and metaphor. — Storm Jameson
God's first language is Silence. Everything else is a translation. — Thomas Keating
We can lie in the language of dress or try ot tell the truth; but unless we are naked and bald, it is impossible to… — Alison Lurie
As was his language so was his life. — Seneca the Younger
True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary. — Heinrich Heine
Holy shadows of the dead, I'm not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and brother… — Alexander the Great
If you're running a 26-mile marathon, remember that every mile is run one step at a time. If you are writing a book, do it… — Charles R. Swindoll
Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made in the last… — Dave Barry
Science in England is not a profession: its cultivators are scarcely recognised even as a class. Our language itself contains no single term by which… — Charles Babbage
The most damaging phrase in the language is: `It's always been done that way.' — Grace Hopper
Dance is so important in the world. It needs no language. Our bodies speak a language of its own. — Ibrahim Farah
Everyone wants a hug and kiss. It translates into any language. — Georgette Mosbacher
I could teach you how to speak my language, Rosetta Stone. — Drake
Beliefs, and the feelings that we have about them, are the language that "speaks" to the quantum stuff that makes our realty. — Gregg Braden

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