Quotes About Language

To who?" Bex asked. " Rebecca !" her mother snapped. "Sorry." Bex shrugged. "To whom ," she corrected herself, even though I highly doubted that had been her mother's point.

I'm your girlfriend? - "No." Alexei shakes his head, then pulls me to him again, holds me closer. "There's not a word in either of our language for what you are to me".

I've spent enough time studying languages to know that almost any phrase can have two meanings

MTV will lead us to believe that the B word has become a term of endearment or slang among equals, but I still mainly think of it as the insult of choice for the inarticulate.

Mustn't. Damn, Braden had met a woman who used mustn't in everyday conversation. Did she say other sexy words, like shan't? How about something big, like wherewithal? Braden, I shan't resist your commands, and I have the wherewithal to ride your cock all night. Oh, yeah. And Ky thought libraries were boring?

My grandmother told me, "Words are holy. Treat them with respect. There's power there.

The language of biochemistry speaks volumes, deciphering the molecular code that underlies the complexity of living organisms. ~ Aloo Denish

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.

A question is not a supplication, an entreaty, nor a velleity for knowledge just put out in the air; it is already an order, a command. (Beggars, the destitute, pupils, factory workers, enlisted soldiers, prisoners, and patients have no right to question; they can only entreat.?) A question commands a certain focus of attention, a selection of resources on hand, a certain type of language. It lays down a direction; it imposes a directive to think further down a certain track.

Nowadays, anyone who cannot speak English and is incapable of using the Internet is regarded as backward.

A veces el usa lenguaje de surfista californiano igual que todo el mundo aquí, y otras veces parece que ha salido de las páginas de Cumbres Borrascosas. —No. No me has contrariado, — yo le digo riéndome.

Como un poema que se recita pero jamás se escribe, es más poderoso porque únicamente se retiene en el recuerdo.

Language is accurate: you run for your life. If you are dying, leave. If you are suffering, move. There is no other law, only movement.

uno siempre es más hermoso cuando hay un término para designarlo, cuando posee una palabra sólo para él. El lenguaje es menos práctico que la estética.

Aquella noche descubrí algo terrible: uno puede echar su vida por la borda por culpa de una sola palabra.

De acuerdo que la gramática es esencial, pero sólo si tiene como objeto la escritura: privada de su objetivo, se convierte en un código estéril.

La parole émancipe.

Le son est souvent plus important que le sens.

Hay bellezas que saltan a la vista y otras que están escritas en jeroglíficos.

La scrittura comincia là dove si ferma la parola, ed è un grande mistero il passaggio dall'indicibile al dicibile.

Doktorlar, "patolojik duygusuzluk" teÅŸhisi koydular, terimlerdeki çeliÅŸkinin fark?nda deÄŸillerdi

El espacio, suprema liberación. Si no fuera así, ¿qué sentido tendría que el mundo fuera tan grande? La lengua no engaña: largarse rima con salvarse. Si te estás muriendo, lárgate. Si estás sufriendo, muévete. No existe más ley que la del movimiento.

odiosos. Tengo una amiga que se ha casado con un japonés. Tiene dos hijos, seis y cuatro años. Llaman a su madre pipí y a su padre caca.  Me reí.

El verbo reprimir es el comodín del siglo veinte.