Our Language Quotes

100 Our Language quotes by 88 unique authors

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
Because without our language, we have lost ourselves. Who are we without our words? — Melina Marchetta
We live in a culture that has institutionalized the oppression of animals on at least two levels: in formal structures such as slaughterhouses, meat markets,… — Carol J. Adams
I believe in fiction and the power of stories because that way we speak in tongues. We are not silenced. All of us, when in… — Jeanette Winterson
Our language needs endless synonyms for beautiful; the eyes could see what the tongue cannot possibly describe. — Anne Rice
I lean over you, your equal, offering you a mirror for your perfect nothingness, for your shadows which are neither light nor absence of light,… — Maurice Blanchot
I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity. Vulgarity is the ugliest word in our language.… — Coco Chanel
Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do… — Robert E. Lee
Half of us are partly German! Half our language and culture, generally, in Anglo-Saxon terms, is German. — Martin Freeman
Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And… — Paul Tillich
Why on earth do we want closer connection with England? We have little in common with English people except our language. We are fast becoming… — Henry Lawson
At the same time, new concepts and abstractions flow into the picture, taking up the task of describing the universe without reference to such time… — Unknown Author
If when we are taught English we are just taught the rules of grammar, it would take all our love of our language away from… — Daniel Tammet
Whoever said Marriage is a 50-50 proposition laid the foundation for more divorce fees than any other short sentence in our language. — Unknown Author
Even if you didn't see the movie, you'd see two words you'd never seen put together before - comedy and Muslim. Comedy is friendly -… — Albert Brooks
Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do… — Robert E. Lee
Duty is the sublimest word in our language. — Robert E. Lee
An animal has been made by God just as you have been. He is therefore a fellowcreature. He has not the power of speaking our… — Lord Baden Powell
They who in folly or mere greed Enslaved religion, markets, laws, Borrow our language now and bid Us to speak up in freedom's cause. — Cecil Day-Lewis
They call our language the mother tongue because the father seldom gets to speak! — Ritu Ghatourey

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