Language Quote by E. L. Konigsburg Download Open image ““Having words and explanations for things is too modern”” — E. L. Konigsburg ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Language
“I like the modern form. Anyone who absolutely has to understand everything he sees misses a lot. It's not always true that "obscure words… — Tarjei Vesaas Copy Share Image
“What is called modern today, tomorrow will be history. What ever you allow to display, don't make of it a mystery.” — A. Saleh Copy Share Image
“It may be that what we call modern is nothing, but what is not worthy of remaining to become old.” — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
“Modern society becomes more and more complex by the day. What used to be traditional isn’t necessarily traditional anymore.” — Fadi Hattendorf Copy Share Image
“We assume that anything that is new to us is new to human society as a whole, and that if we don’t see it… — C. N. Lester Copy Share Image
“Words are a mirror of their times. By looking at the areas in which the vocabulary of a language is expanding fastest in a… — John Ayto Copy Share Image
“I am not averse to generalizing the notion of "modern" to designate a certain way of life, rather than making it purely a synonym… — Paul Valéry Copy Share Image
“Ideas are good things to have even if they are old. Even to understand the most advanced theorics requires a lifetime of study. To… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“Things are not all so comprehensible and utterable as people would mostly have us believe; most events are unutterable, consummating themselves in a sphere… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“Nowadays people changed their stuff so often that any expertise in how to make things last was becoming superfluous.” — Fredrik Backman Copy Share Image
“The more we try to explain sensibily these phenomena of history, the more senseless and incomphrensible they become for us.” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, it has come to my attention that the modern world is sorely lacking in imagination. And grown-ups are the biggest culprits of all.” — Sarvenaz Tash Copy Share Image
I was born in New York City. But my family moved when I was still an infant. Except for a year and half when… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
The essential problems remain the same... The kids I write about are asking for the same things I wanted. They want two contradictory things.… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
Every job in the world has some built-in boredom. No man can stay excited about something every minute he is doing it. Routine is… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
When I began writing in the mid-1960s, I thought it was not important for readers to know whether I was male or female. Also,… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
“Because after a time having a secret and nobody knowing you have a secret is no fun. And although you don't want others to… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
But happiness is not always loud and bright and crowded. Happiness ripens like a watermelon, sweet and rosy on the inside with only a… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
“Had she been born 500 years sooner, Raphael would have chosen her as a model for his cherubs. Tendrils of bright red hair framed… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
When I visit schools and talk to students about writing, I give them one word of advice and I give it to them quickly… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
Kids want acceptance from their peers, but in two different, opposing ways: They want to be like everyone else and they want to be… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
The adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with you. It's the same as going… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
I put myself in the student's place and remember the frustrations, doubts, determination, and desires I felt when I was going through the initial… — Ted Martinez Copy Share Image
Usually male directors have to use foul language to get the job done. But I never came down to that level as being a… — Divya Khosla Kumar Copy Share Image
A man walks down the street. It's a street in a strange world. Maybe it's the third world. Maybe it's his first time around.… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it's new. Shakespeare is just like learning a new, exciting language. — Samuel Barnett Copy Share Image
I am attracted to looking at the different things language can mean even in one sometimes quite ordinary utterance. Writing is partly about listening… — Rae Armantrout Copy Share Image
What is music? Music is language. A human being wants to express ideas in this language, but not ideas that can be translated into… — Anton Webern Copy Share Image
You're beautiful, cute, pretty, gorgeous, and fuck.. I ran out of words. — Raghib Clitso Copy Share Image
The world has a soul and whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of many things. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“The words for what I want to say right now don't exist. Everything sounds…so cliché.” — Shelly Crane Copy Share Image
A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Words can kill you trust towards someone, mind you language people, every reaction had its consequence. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
