872 quotes found
“But for my own part it was Greek to me.”
“I am the King of Rome and above grammar.”
“Language as well as the faculty of speech was the immediate gift of God.”
“The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.”
“No man fully capable of his own language ever masters another.”
“Language is not an abstract construction of the learned or of dictionary-makers but is something arising out of the work needs ties joys affections tastes of long generations of humanity a...”
“When you're five years old, and you're running a business that people did not think there was room for, getting attention is not a bad thing. Letting it be known by whatever colorful language is ne...”
“There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.”
“When I first started coaching, one of the worst things that I think I heard was 'It will be O.K.' I would wonder, 'How the hell is it going to be O.K.?' The worst word in the English language is 'h...”
“In this respect I suppose I'm the total opposite of Garry. With his very emotive body language at the board he shows and displays all his emotions. I don't.”
“Dreams say what they mean, but they don't say it in daytime language.”
“For last year's words belong to last year's language And next year's words await another voice.”
“silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation.”
“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”
“Philosophy, as we use the word, is a fight against the fascination which forms of expression exert upon us.”
“Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be named; what is clearest is unutterable.”
“Language can't describe reality. Literature has no stable reference, no real meaning. Each reader's interpretation is equally valid, more important than the author's intention. In fact, nothing in ...”
“Wordplay hides a key to reality that the dictionary tries in vain to lock inside every free word.”
“If words allow themselves to be handled, it is with the help of infinite carefulness. One has to welcome them, listen to the, before asking any service of them. Words are living things closely invo...”
“Love’s language starts, stops, starts; the right words flowing or clotting in the heart.”
