Languages Quotes

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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
I would have thought it possible to choose delegates for these larger conferences who, even if they could not speak the principal languages, could at… — Fredrik Bajer
One of the reasons I came to Berkeley was because I saw so many students of all different colors speaking so many different languages and… — June Jordan
Any psychology of sign systems will be part of social psychology - that is to say, will be exclusively social; it will involve the same… — Ferdinand de Saussure
What you hear depends on how you focus your ear. We're not talking about inventing a new language, but rather inventing new perceptions of existing… — Philip Glass
As you know, there are certain languages that lend themselves very easily to vocal use. — Neville Marriner
The great British Library --an immense collection of volumes of all ages and languages, many of which are now forgotten, and most of which are… — Washington Irving
The walls were lined with books, many of them in foreign languages, like insulation against the immediate present. — Ross Macdonald
There are many more languages than we think: and man betrays himself more often than he desires. How things speak! - but there are very… — Pierre Klossowski
Today we are beginning to notice that the new media are not just mechanical gimmicks for creating worlds of illusion, but new languages with new… — Marshall McLuhan
Every education system on Earth has the same hierarchy of subjects: at the top are mathematics and languages, then the humanities, and the bottom are… — Ken Robinson
We need to eliminate the existing hierarchy of subjects. Elevating some disciplines over others only reinforces outmoded assumptions of industrialism and offends the principle of… — Ken Robinson
European languages must not be considered diamonds displayed under a glass ball, dazzling us with their brilliance. — Cheikh Anta Diop
Challenging power structures from the inside, working the cracks within the system, however, requires learning to speak multiple languages of power convincingly. — Patricia Hill Collins
French, for example, is declining as an international language, but Spanish, Mandarin and Arabic are all languages of the future. Ethnic minority groups in the… — David Graddol
Languages are true analytical methods. — Antoine Lavoisier
Many people tend to look at programming styles and languages like religions: if you belong to one, you cannot belong to others. But this analogy… — Niklaus Wirth
I am convinced that there is a need for high quality software, and the time will come when it will be recognized that it is… — Niklaus Wirth
I can't recall any difficulty in making the C language definition completely open - any discussion on the matter tended to mention languages whose inventors… — Dennis Ritchie
The day is past when schools could afford to give sufficient time and attention to the teaching of the ancient languages to enable the student… — James Loeb

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