Quotes about language
language speak
The music takes over the words and makes them speak to me in another language. Roger Scruton
language odd nigeria
In India the odd thing is that English is this almost artificial language floating on the surface of a place with about fifty other languages. The same is true of Nigeria but even more so. William Golding
language fit jackets
Language fits over experience like a straight-jacket.
language difficult difficult-things
Language is a very difficult thing to put into words. Voltaire
language colorless assertion
Make definite assertions. Avoid tame, colorless, hesitating, non-committal language. William Strunk, Jr.
language can-do
Language can do what it can’t say. William Stafford
language endure seats
The head cannot take in more than the seat can endure. Winston Churchill
language should novel
So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English. Vikram Seth
language celibacy obscene
To me, the most obscene word in our language is celibacy. Robert Green Ingersoll
language english-language englishmen
An Englishman is content to say nothing when he has nothing to say. Samuel Johnson
language trouble poet
Poetry cannot be translated; and, therefore, it is the poets that preserve the languages; for we would not be at the trouble to learn a language if we could have all that is written in it just as well in a translation. But as the beauties of poetry cannot be preserved in any language except that in which it was originally written, we learn the language.
language conjuring form
language is magical - it's a form of conjuring. If you do it convincingly, readers will follow you. Ruth Ozeki
language
The language that reveals also obscures. Wendell Berry
language surprised terms yeah
In terms of language, yeah we get bleeped and blurred and things, but in terms of content, I would probably say we're getting away with more here than we could get away with in Britain. And that surprised us so much! Graham Norton
language silicon speak valley venture
Being able to speak the language of Silicon Valley to venture capitalists is very important. Robin Li
language
If the only language Mr. Milosevic understands is force, then he will get force, Javier Solana
language love singing sound
I love singing in French. I don't think in French. Sometimes when you sing in another language because you can think about the sound you make. Alison Moyet
language losing touch
I just wasn't getting any better, ... We just didn't communicate very well. It was a new language for me, and I was losing touch with my swing. Hunter Mahan
language names truth
If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of things Confucius
language legal
The language is deliberately fuzzy. They want to try to take away any legal recognition for same-sex unions. Brian Chase
language programming programming-languages
With .NET once an API is published it's available to all programming languages at the same time. Miguel de Icaza
language fortresses knows
A language which we do not know is a fortress sealed. Marcel Proust
language mathematics made
The mathematical sciences wield their particular language made of digits and signs, no less subtle than any other. Jorge Luis Borges
language plausible
The word happiness exists in every language; it is plausible the thing itself exists.
language seven
We shall never understand one another until we reduce the language to seven words. Khalil Gibran
language corruption introducing
The affectation of some late authors to introduce and multiply cant words is the most ruinous corruption in any language. Jonathan Swift
language obsessed boxes
I've become obsessed with learning other languages in movies, because I was like, since I was like, but I learned how to box so why don't I just learn another language for a movie? Jake Gyllenhaal
language unconscious
The unconscious is structured like a language. Jacques Lacan
language shallow conversation
A text conversation is a short exchange of often grossly truncated language that corresponds to a thought made all the more shallow by the process. Henry Rollins
language modern english-poetry
English poetry begins whenever we decide to say the modern English language begins, and it extends as far as we decide to say that the English language extends. James Fenton
language whole
We must plow through the whole of language. Ludwig Wittgenstein
language imagine form
To imagine a language is to imagine a form of life.
language mythology
An entire mythology is stored within our language.