Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dante Alighieri

Nothing which is harmonized by the bond of the Muse can be changed from its own to another language without destroying its sweetness

Cynthia Ozick

The power of language, it seems to me, is the only kind of power a writer is entitled to.

Confucius

In language clarity is everything.

It can't be that simple. Rarely is constitutional language that open and shut.

Having two languages is better than having 500,

It is a language, and it touches on things oral or written language don't get to. When I first met Antonio, I wondered if he could speak. He was so shy.

Tony DiSanto

Laguna' was sort of told in the visual language of a lush teen drama. The idea here was to be a little grittier, more voyeuristic.

I think we're seeing a more relaxed, more offensive, some would say, use of language, the use of swearing.

He doesn't know what language is. He has been totally isolated,

For us, being married to each other is the most valuable thing in the world. It's the only language people understand.

There are hundreds of languages in the world but a smile speaks them all.

The play is more about their struggle, their battle, ... It's also playing with what language is and what language isn't. Is language what makes us human?

We wanted to get him over to see what we have. I thought he played very well in the prospects tournament and in camp. We are going to try and get him (in the USHL) so he can start working on his language and get him used to North American hockey.

We all know the language of need, so we can communicate.

Tom Daschle

Why mess with success? If the language worked in the House, you would think it would work here in the Senate as well,

A. R. Rahman

If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.

Kofi Annan

We would have preferred a stronger language in some parts of the text,

Antoine Lavoisier

Languages are true analytical methods.

It is a question of putting into the text the language of our accord.

Last summer I took a sign language class. There was a project where I was in a group. I was treated just like the other students (in the group).

J. R. R. Tolkien

I wish life was not so short, he thought. languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.

Marty Schottenheimer

I think so, because of the language that had to be learned and understood. The last thing you get is the technique because the language you can put together. But to be able to put the fundamentals together at the speed necessary to be successful takes some time. You can't have a lot of thought going through your mind.

It is not the language but the speaker that we want to understand.

Joe Torre

I think that's personality more than anything. (Hideki) Matsui is so different and he's got the language barrier, too.

I think that they are likely to make some small modification to the forward-looking language ... saying something like 'further policy firming might be needed' rather than 'may be needed'.

Bjarne Stroustrup

More good code has been written in languages denounced as "bad'' than in languages proclaimed "wonderful'' - much more.

Bjarne Stroustrup

Nobody should call themselves a professional if they only knew one language.

Carl Jung

No language exists that cannot be misused... Every Interpretation is hypothetical, for it is a mere attempt to read an unfamiliar text.

Understanding that these statements do not represent reality, we should not be threatened by the language that he has used,

Jose Contreras

We get to talk because we speak the same language,

We just went through some of our unresolved language items. I think we got most of them resolved. We're going to work on it a little more (today).

Stan Freberg

Will you let me talk? I'll have to learn the language all over again!

Bertrand Russell

We shall say that we have acquaintance with anything of which we are directly aware, without the intermediary of any process of inference of any knowledge of truths.