Languages Quotes

557 quotes by 475 authors

When a man is in love how can he use old words? Should a woman desiring her lover lie down with grammarians and linguists? I… — Nizar Qabbani
Here look at me. I'm Charlie, the son you wrote off the books? Not that I blame you for it, but here I am, all… — Daniel Keyes
Love can be expressed and received in all five languages. However, if you don't speak a person's primary love language, that person will not feel… — Gary Chapman
I have a tendency to want to understand everything people say and everything I hear, both at work and outside, even at a distance, even… — Javier MarÃas
She was fluent in four languages and yet her fists against the rusted hood were the fullest articulation of her defeat. — Anthony Marra
He cared for languages dead long enough that they wouldnâ€™t change on him. — Maggie Stiefvater
He tried to learn seductive phrases in all languages, but the only Swedish he had ever really needed was, "Do you serve anything aside from… — Cassandra Clare
The dance is the mother of all languages. — Robin G. Collingwood
He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on. — Benjamin Franklin
Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music. — Frank Capra
Poetry must find ways of breaking distance.... all languages are dialects that are made to break new grounds. — Giannina Braschi
The force and the strength for peace will come from people. And that will happen when people start to realize that all the diversity and… — Satish Kumar
Actor training should be broadly humanistic, involving the study not just of dramatic literature and theatre history, but of languages, literature, and history generally, and… — Richard Hornby
Contrary to conventional wisdom, dance is not a universal 'language' but many languages and dialects. There are close to 6000 verbal languages, and probably that… — Judith Lynne Hanna
We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race. — Kofi Annan
The arts are not a frill. The arts are a response to our individuality and our nature, and help to shape our identity. What is… — Barbara Jordan
Every place in the world where there are two peoples - two religions, two languages - there is friction and conflict. — Avigdor Lieberman
The revolutionary process by which all books, old and new, in all languages, will soon be available digitally, at practically no cost for storage and… — Jason Epstein
I love commuting between languages just like I love commuting between cultures and cities. — Elif Safak
Good buildings make and are made by their settings, and they are appropriately different in different locations. Climate, culture, topography and materials have helped create… — Jaquelin T. Robertson

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