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Quotes About Language

I am cold," he said. The three words shattered. Before them he had not known that he could speak, that there even existed a thing called speech. "I am cold, and I can speak," he said. The words sounded good to him.
~ Unknown
he marveled at that word that had come to his lips out of nothing. "Water, forefinger." The words were coming fast now, tumbling, streaming out of that noplace where the names of all things waited to be used. "I am cold, I can speak, and I am tracing this water down this window with my forefinger.
~ Unknown
He'd tried to talk to you about anarchy yesterday but his English and your French conspired against the dialog.
~ Ian Rankin
the chimpanzee can't articulate his state of mind to us, or answer our questions about it. But then, for all of his physical differences, if he could talk he would be one of us. Nothing else he could do would place him more emphatically in the human camp, for it has been recognized since ancient times that language defines us as nothing else does.
~ Ian Tattersall
MINION LANGUAGE English minions hello! bello goodbye! poopaye thankyou! tank yu I'm hungry me want banana ugly bananonina I swear... underwear fire! bee do bee do bee do we love you tulaliloo ti amo I hate you tatata bala tu for you para tu toy baboi chair chasy what poka apple bable ice cream gelato butt butt one hana two dul three sae
~ Unknown
Because there is a word for perfection, people will always imagine that they know it.
~ Idries Shah
No surgeon can treat the wounds of the tongue.
~ Idries Shah
Exaggeration is a standard peculiarity of man. To deprecate is often a form of exaggeration which people do not notice, because it appears to be its opposite.
~ Idries Shah
As swords were designed to kill They did well to make them tongue-shaped. (Anwar-i-Suhaili)
~ Idries Shah
All forms are limited. Some of the limitations are time, place, culture, language.
~ Idries Shah
Words, they say, are the food of minds. But, like other foods, they can do little by themselves.
~ Idries Shah
The tongue is the best masseur of furrowed brows.
~ Idries Shah
Bueno. Muéstrame a una persona que cree que sabe lo que es "bueno" y probablemente seré capaz de mostrarte a una persona horrorosa. Muéstrame a una persona que realmente sabe lo que es "bueno" y te mostraré que casi nunca usa la palabra.
~ Idries Shah
Un préstamo es las tijeras de la amistad La lengua de un hombre puede cortar su garganta La jaula no tiene valor sin el pájaro.
~ Idries Shah
Ya que las espadas fueron diseñadas para matar, hicieron bien en hacerlas con forma de lengua.
~ Idries Shah
Ningún color viene después del negro.
~ Idries Shah
Hazrat Ali, en un dicho que se le atribuye, dice: "El hombre está disfrazado, cubierto por su lengua
~ Idries Shah
Y Rumi nos dice: "El alma recibe a ese conocimiento desde el alma: por lo tanto, no a través de libros o de la lengua".
~ Idries Shah
Las palabras tienen que morir si los humanos han de vivir.
~ Idries Shah
Ningún cirujano puede tratar las heridas de la lengua.
~ Idries Shah
Todas las formas son limitadas; algunas de las limitaciones son el tiempo, el lugar, la cultura, el lenguaje.
~ Idries Shah
Las palabras, dicen, son el alimento de la mente. Pero, al igual que otros alimentos, pueden hacer poco por sí mismas.
~ Idries Shah
Quien conoce a Dios, (ya) no dice "Dios".
~ Idries Shah
La lengua es el mejor masajista de cejas fruncidas.
~ Idries Shah