Our Language Quotes

100 Our Language quotes by 88 unique authors

Art is one of the dirtiest words in our language; it's mucked up with all kinds of meanings. There's the art of plumbing; there's the… — Wayne Thiebaud
By Anglicising ourselves we have thrown away with a light heart the best claim we have upon the world's recognition of us as a seperate… — Douglas Hyde
Putting gloves on the fighters was a symbolic change that suggested that we were now making it a civilized sport, and it was no longer… — Jonathan Gottschall
I think of the irony that in our language [Nepali] the word for love can also mean deceit. — Jane Wilson-Howarth
No word in our language not even "Socialism" has been employed more loosely than " Mysticism ." ... The history of the word begins in… — William Ralph Inge
Between France and Senegal there's a history. There's a language that we both speak. There's a culture that we share and to which both of… — Francois Hollande
As our language wanes and dies, the golden legends of the far-off centuries fade and pass away. No one sees their influence upon culture; no… — Douglas Hyde
We might possess every technological resource... but if our language is inadequate, our vision remains formless, our thinking and feeling are still running in the… — Adrienne Rich
One of the most misleading representational techniques in our language is the use of the word 'I.' — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Women and men communicate differently, often on entirely different planes. But just as men have failed us, we have failed them. It has been one… — Norah Vincent
Non-violence means dialogue, using our language, the human language. Dialogue means compromise; respecting each otherâ€™s rights; in the spirit of reconciliation there is a real… — Dalai Lama
A picture held us captive. And we could not get outside it, for it lay in our language and language seemed to repeat it to… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Is there not something wanted, Miss Price, in our language - a something between compliments and - and love - to suit the sort of… — Jane Austen
What happened? Did a house fall on your sister?" I asked. Maybe there was a benefit to our language barrier. She pursed her lips. "You… — Richelle Mead
You came so that you could learn about your dreams," said the old woman. "And dreams are the language of God. When he speaks in… — Paulo Coelho
I'm Sorry are two of the most powerful words in our language, especially when they are not flipped blithely over the shoulder but spoken from… — Jerry Spinelli
They took away our land, our language, and our religion; but they could never harness our tongues... — Brendan Behan
Everyone knows ladies love Cajuns. It's in our blood and our language is the language of romance." "Your language is the language of bullshit. You're… — Christine Feehan
I watched the gorilla's eyes again, wise and knowing eyes, and wondered about this business of trying to teach apes language. Our language. Why? There… — Douglas Adams
[He] understood the people in a new way...The people is not everyone who speaks our language, nor yet the elect marked by the fiery stamp… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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