Quotes About Language

Se spune c? rima nu-?i atinge cre?terea complet?, decat dac? este stimulat?.

When the sister said that the sea was expressionless, the brother answered that that was not true at all, that it was the best of talkers.

Culoarea ochilor nu-i decât expresia cuvintelor.

Asakava, k?zlar? Yoko'yu dizine oturtmuÅŸ, resimli bir kitapta yaz?lanlar? okuyordu. O yaÅŸta bir bebeÄŸin, sözcüklerin ne anlama geldiÄŸini o anda anlamas? olas? deÄŸil ama zihninde yerleÅŸen sözcük say?s? ne kadar çok olursa, iki ya??na geldiÄŸi s?ralarda konuÅŸmaya baÅŸlad???nda, kullanabildiÄŸi sözcük say?s? ç?? gibi büyür.

Sich zu mögen heißt, zu entdecken, dass man dieselbe Sprache spricht. Sich zu lieben bedeutet, in derselben Sprache zu dichten.

The richness of every European language is a richness in ability to describe its own culture, represent its own world. When it ventures to do the same for another culture, however, it betrays its limitations, underdevelopment, semantic weakness.

Yet it is perhaps worth mentioning that the masculine tenor of God-talk is particularly problematic in English. In Hebrew, Arabic and French, however, grammatical gender gives theological discourse a sort of sexual counterpoint and dialectic, which provides a balance that is often lacking in English. Thus in Arabic al-Lah (the supreme name for God) is grammatically masculine, but the word for the divine and inscrutable essence of God—al-Dhat—is feminine.

There is a linguistic connection between the three words "myth," "mysticism" and "mystery." All are derived from the Greek verb musteion: to close the eyes or the mouth. All three words, therefore, are rooted in an experience of darkness and silence.

In very early religion, therefore, creativity was seen as divine: we still use religious language to speak of creative "inspiration" which shapes reality anew and brings fresh meaning to the world.

He insisted that it was impossible to understand a single word of the Book of Nature without knowing the language of mathematics.

Språket mangler ord for alt man ser og opplever når man flyr. Med tiden kommer man til å finne nye ord for disse inntrykkene.

Our words are powerful, and they have consequences.

The mouth speaks what the heart has stored.

Ho personalmente sezionato la lingua, e benché non abbia trovato muscoli specifici per i pettegolezzi, questo sembra lo scopo principale di quell'organo-almeno a corte.

I suppose you heard him yelling as the doctor set his leg. I never knew there were so many rude words in the English language. Or French, German, Italian, Latin,or....there was another language I didn't quite recognize. Greek.

The other animals. When she didn't reply, he sighed, frustration on his face. They have - what you say - hop, hop. And they have the- He put his hand behind his head and made a 'V' then wiggled his fingers. Ah! You mean hares.

Women prefer to draw blood using words. It can cause just as much havoc, but it doesn't stain the carpet.

in Chinese, the character for woman was a man on his knees

How was your day, Rosie?" Dad would ask when he came home from work and I'd tell him it was ebullient. Or limpid. Or dodecahedron. "That's good to hear," he'd say.

The spoken word converts individual knowledge into mutual knowledge, and there is no way back once you've gone over that cliff.

Pheromones are Earth's primordial idiom.

The dogs came racing up the stairs. They danced at Rima's feet, frantic with the need to communicate something to her. Little Timmy's down the well! Feed us ice cream and potato chips! Sometimes there's a benefit to not sharing a language.

And this is a small point by comparison, but why do Republicans persist in substituting Democrat, with its rat ending, when Democratic would be correct? Because they want us to know, in every word they speak, how much they hold us in contempt. In my lifetime, the Republicans have never accepted a Democratic president as legitimate, no matter how many people vote for him [or her.])

Should" is one of the most disempowering words there is. When you use it, you feel guilty and obligated. My advice is to dump the word from your vocabulary forever. Use "could," not "should," from here on in.