Quotes about Language

66 quotes about Language

Language is the book of nobility of a nation.

Language is the book of nobility of a nation.

Quote by Vasile Alecsandri about language

We're trying to be as technologically advanced as we can...

We're trying to be as technologically advanced as we can get away with. We're trying to speak the kids' language.

Quote by Willie Aames about language

A gloss is a total system of perception and language.

A gloss is a total system of perception and language.

Quote by Talcott Parsons about language

The only true language in the world is the kiss.

The only true language in the world is the kiss.

Quote by Alfred de Musset about language

As was his language so was his life.

As was his language so was his life.

Quote by Seneca about language

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once...

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge about language

Works of imagination should be written in very plain...

Works of imagination should be written in very plain language; the more purely imaginative they are the more necessary it is to be plain.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge about language

I think my prose reads as if English were my second...

I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end of a paragraph, I'm dodging bullets and gasping for breath.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about language

Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I had talked the talk, and now I had to walk the walk. For three days, I couldn't answer the phone.

Quote by F. Murray Abraham about language

And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language...

And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language where I won't be so easily modulated by expectation.

Quote by Kathy Acker about language

I'm really fascinated and you know I've been wondering about that usage of language, various breathing techniques and why in these practices language is being used in another way.

Quote by Kathy Acker about language

One serious obstacle to the smooth working of congresses...

One serious obstacle to the smooth working of congresses is the language barrier.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about language

The point is that it looks like gambling because the...

The point is that it looks like gambling because the language of the game is money.

Quote by Al Alvarez about language

High thoughts must have high language.

High thoughts must have high language.

Quote by Aristophanes about language

How was I to do that? If I wrote about them in the same language that I was using to write about Joe and Sammy, it would give the comics characters the same level of familiarity.

Quote by Michael Chabon about language

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at...

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about language

Bunny boiler is now part of our language, and I'm proud...

Bunny boiler is now part of our language, and I'm proud of that.

Quote by Glenn Close about language

The French have a Celtic link with the Scots and the Irish. The French, with their food and their language, are much more sophisticated, much more developed.

Quote by Sean Connery about language

I think it was George Bernard Shaw who said that the...

I think it was George Bernard Shaw who said that the British and the Americans are two people separated by a common language.

Quote by Dennis Farina about language

A different language is a different vision of life.

A different language is a different vision of life.

Quote by Federico Fellini about language

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