Quotes about language
language pedigree nations
Languages are the pedigree of nations. Samuel Johnson
language programming exciting
Why would you have a language that is not theoretically exciting? Because it's very useful. Rob Pike
language prose processors
The language of politics is poetry, not prose. Jackson is poetry. Cuomo is poetry. Dukakis is a word processor. Richard M. Nixon
language
I learned English, my sixth language at this point, quite quickly. Roald Hoffmann
language terrorist knows
The more languages you know, the less likely you are to become a terrorist. Upamanyu Chatterjee
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.
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 found accents
I never found accents difficult, after learning languages. Vivien Leigh
language accounting
Accounting is the language of business. Warren Buffett
language wonderful urges
English is a really wonderful language and I urge you all to investigate it Werner Herzog
language stealing magpies
We were language's magpies by nature, stealing whatever sounded bright and shiny. Salman Rushdie
language speak ability
Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.
language poet born
The poet marries the language, and out of this marriage the poem is born. W. H. Auden
language metaphorical humans
Human language is mythological and metaphorical by nature.
language habit espionage
The habits and language of clandestinity can intoxicate even its own practitioners. William Colby
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 problem hindi
If I have to do something, I feel I should do it perfectly, and ofcourse, Hindi language is a problem. Soundarya
language english-language hardest
No' is the second shortest word in the English language, but one of the hardest to say. Raymond Arroyo
language-of-love quiet language
Quiet talk is the language of love. It is the language of peace. It is the language of God. Gordon B. Hinckley
language universal-language universal
Music truly is the universal language. Herbie Hancock
language mint pursuit
How shall we account for our pursuits, if they are original? We get the language with which to describe our various lives out of acommon mint. Henry David Thoreau
language stretching wraps
By stretching language we'll distort it sufficiently to wrap ourselves in it and hide. Jean Genet
language hiding hiding-place
Language is a finding-place not a hiding place. Jeanette Winterson
language said trump
I have said that Mr. Trump's language is divisive. Jeb Bush
language compromise wonderful
How wonderful it was to love something without the compromise of language. Jim Harrison
language intoxication
Being a writer requires an intoxication with language.
language sometimes ambiguous
Sometimes the government has to answer questions with ambiguous language. Jason Kenney
language kind accepting
I hope America does not accept the kind of language that Donald Trump is using to describe our fellow Americans. Hillary Clinton
language numerals fingers
The only thing that it is advisable to know in any language is the numerals; and even there, you can do a lot with the fingers. Evelyn Waugh