Quotes About Language

I accidentally make innuendos all the time without even realising. I'm middle-aged, in that sense.

People have told me that the dialogue in '100 Bullets' is very realistic. I don't agree.

'Alternative facts' is really one of the better things that's come out in a long time. 'Alternative facts?' It's brilliant! Really? Alternative facts? There are two different realities?

Euphemism is a human device to conceal the horrors of reality.

Good writing is everything.

I am a stickler for damn good writing.

I am baffled by good writing.

The thing about good writing is it has a music to it.

I loved 'Goodbye to Language.'

Understanding language is core to a lot of Google products such as Gmail.

For the very young, there's nothing better than Mother Goose and anything by Dr. Seuss for the rhythms and language.

Gosh, I couldn't even talk right until I was about 6 years old or something like that.

I gotta keep my wordplay and make sure I don't lose nothing.

My whole deal when I do accents or dialects is I gotta fool the locals. If I fool the locals then I've done my job.

Legislative language is governed by a law of etymology that is also the ancient code of the bureaucracy: It doesn't have to be right, it just has to be close enough for government work. If they understand what you mean, it doesn't matter what you say or how you say it.

I started writing poetry when I was in the fifth grade, just rhyming in class.

I don't know what ontological means... I barely graduated high school, and I have never heard that word in conversation.

I've always felt like I could express myself better in English just because the way the grammar works.

Social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings.

I should be better with my grammar and set a better example for my kids. Just not sure that ain't gonna happen.

In my house, we speak Spanglish to the dogs, to the grandchildren, to the kids.

I grew up with a grandmother from another country and having a different language in my house. That gave me an ear for accents.

Yes, I can speak a bit and I can read and write in Russian. I learned it from my grandmother who raised me with all the Russian fairytales.

I come from a family of linguists. My maternal grandparents have been authors and translators.