Quotes About Language

The two most dangerous words in the English language are 'like' and 'as.' If you do not have something interesting to say after you write down those two words, cross them out, because you've entered into the country of cliché. Make sure you have something to say that is new or fresh or in a different way; otherwise, leave them alone.

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out.

I just loved making words into stories by the sound of my voice.

Okay, he says. They both say it, all the time. I've finally started to figure out what it means. It means "yes" and "all right". It also means less than all right, and a begrudging no. It means everything, and nothing, all at once.

I always like a dog so long as he isn't spelled backward.

All slang is a metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.

Tous mes amis sont des mots.

Hat?ralamak, güzel bir kelime, var olup olmad???n? bilmiyorum, hat?ralar? olmak anlam?na geliyor.

Kafas?n? hiçbir zaman lügate e?memi? biriyle ne yapabilirsiniz ki?

?övalyelerin ve ?sa'n?n güzel ülkelerini tan?mak nasip olmay?nca, böyle lügat y???nlar? aras?nda yürümek ?u ana kadar bu gezegende tan?d???m en sarho? edici ?ey.

She was the most beautiful creature on Earth - her hair said so in that language only hair can speak.

Nici un cuvânt nu a acoperit atât de bine ca "religie" dubla semantic? a lui "pharmakon": leac ?i otrav?.

il verso è tutto e può tutto.

Tous ces mots étranges, qu'elle déchiffrait syllabe par syllabe en les prononçant du bout des lèvres avec effort, la laissaient désemparée, hésitante.

The words you can't find, you borrow.

Did you know that there are over three hundred words for love in canine?

So many of the mothers she knew said that their children were exactly themselves from the moment they appeared in the world. But Sadie disagreed. What person was a person without language? Tastes? Preferences? Experiences? And on the other side of childhood, what grown-up wanted to believe that they had emerged from their parents fully formed? Sadie knew that she herself had not become a person until recently. It was unreasonable to expect a child to emerge whole cloth.

Sam was her friend, but "friend" was a broad category, wasn't it? "Friend" was a word that was overused to the point that it had no meaning at all.

Imagine getting to be one of those people who actually gets paid to talk about literature.

She understood neither the conventions of Noh nor the language. Marx would occasionally whisper poetic, cryptic commentary into her ear: "The fisherman's ghost was killed for fishing in the wrong river." Or "The drum is silent, and the gardener is killing himself.

Una cosa davvero magnifica del modo in cui il cervello era programmato, rifletté, era che poteva dire: «Scusi», mentre in realtà pensava: Vaffanculo.

They did have a secret. The secret was the delight one feels when discovering a person who speaks one's native tongue.

He found himself uttering a series of "excuse mes" that he did not mean. A truly magnificent thing about the way the brain was coded, Sam thought, was that it could say "Excuse me" while meaning "Screw you.

I catch myself. It's not that bad. But I occasionally switch a word with another word.