Quotes About Language

When we make demos of our songs, we do our demos in English - the whole song's in English.

A lot of people who live in Denmark will understand Danish but not necessarily speak it.

To cultivate an English accent is already a departure away from what you are.

A word can change so much depending on how you say it, or how you sing it.

Something like reading depends a lot on just having people around you who talk to you and read you books, more than sitting down and, say, doing a reading drill when you're 3 or 4 years old.

The Gaelic language itself depends very much on ear and rhythm, and when those who are thinking in Gaelic speak in English, they get the same rhythm.

If you are in a breakup, you might as well go all the way and spend the summer in Samarkand, with no air-conditioning, learning a language you have no use for. At least it adds some romance to a depressing situation.

There are so many deaf kids out there being deprived of their own language.

What is nice about doing a long-running show is finding a language that gives it some depth.

I think 'ambitious' is one of those adjectives used for women in a derogatory way.

In India, when someone calls you sexy, they don't mean it as a compliment; it has derogatory connotations.

People get all up in arms when I describe myself as a crip because what they hear is the word 'cripple,' and they hear a word you're not allowed to say anymore.

I think that we need to allow words to be words. If my self-esteem and my self-worth linger on words that are used to describe me, then you have a problem in itself.

The Internet gave me the sense that there were words to describe my feelings and medical terms.

I always wonder about the word 'intense.' 'Intense' is used to describe women. Guys are intense, but they don't get described that way.

I don't separate architecture, design, or culture. What's more important is a language of creativity that carries meaning.

I have never designed a language for its own sake.

Language that is designed to dehumanize has consequences.

We use language that has been designed to keep order, and to keep people in line.

Designers become translators for me. That's why I've gone to people like Gareth Pugh and Viktor and Rolf - they are speaking a nuanced language. Fashion says a lot for me.

If you're writing about angry people, you use the language of anger. If you're writing about desperate people, you use the language of desperation.

I realize that the wish to write in a new language derives from a kind of desperation.

Richie' is so special to me. It's because this was the first Tamil film that I had auditioned for. I did not know the language well. I was an absolute newcomer. But I had the determination to speak in Tamil, as it was a very good role and I didn't want to let it go.

I always knew I wanted to work in TV or be an entertainer. Even though in 2006 I couldn't even speak English yet, I was determined to work in the WWE so I auditioned.