Capable Quote by Robert A. Heinlein

Things they don't understand always cause a sensation among the English.

— Alfred de Musset

The unaffected language of real feeling and benevolence is easily understood, and is never ridiculous.

— Maria Edgeworth

We often use strong language not to express a powerful emotion but to evoke it in us.

— Eric Hoffer

There are moments when mental overload can render words impossible.

— Nicholas Sparks

Yet human experience and the practice of communication have shown throughout the ages that definitions are an illusion, like having a speech defect and…

— Jose Saramago

English is weak in describing emotional states or intensities of interpersonal relationships.

— Rita Mae Brown

When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human mind has not achieved anything greater than the ability…

— James Earl Jones

“I can talk about my father in ordinary conversation without feeling more than the slightest pang of loss. But if I permit myself to…

— Carl Sagan

The brain is not, and cannot be, the sole or complete organ of thought and feeling.

— Antoinette Brown Blackwell

Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally…

— George Orwell

What we experience, as a perceptual experience, is not what is. It's very specific to the nervous system.

— Deepak Chopra

“Language, because it is imperfect, cannot encompass experience in its raw and primal condition. To verbalize emotion and action is to decrease their impact.”

— Cirilo F. Bautista