Language Quotes
Like the weaver, the writer works on the wrong side of his material. He has only to do with the language, and it is thus that he suddenly finds himself surrounded by sense.
Maurice Merleau PontyMaurice Merleau Ponty At a priesthood meeting… the strongest language in regard to Plural Marriage was used that I ever heard
Abraham H. CannonAbraham H. Cannon Let me teach you the language of love you’ve never spoken.
Hadley AllisonHadley Allison French is the language that turns dirt into romance.
Stephen KingStephen King The most beautiful words in the English language are ‘not guilty’.
Maxim GorkyMaxim Gorky There’s no substitute for the love of language, for the beauty of an English sentence. There’s no substitute for struggling, if a struggle is needed, to make an English sentence as beautiful as it should be.
Harper LeeHarper Lee When I started my first film, there were three women directors in France. Their films were OK, but I was different. It’s like when you start to jump and you put the pole very high – you have to jump very high. I thought, I have to use cinema as a language.
Agnes VardaAgnes Varda When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.
Niels BohrNiels Bohr Good music is very close to primitive language.
Denis DiderotDenis Diderot I may speak many languages, but there remains one in which I live.
Maurice Merleau PontyMaurice Merleau Ponty It is hard indeed to notice anything for which the languages available to us have no description.
Alan WattsAlan Watts The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language.
Ezra PoundEzra Pound f you aspire to be a leader of your own country, you must speak your own language, for God’s sake.
Vladimir PutinVladimir Putin The artist must say it without saying it.
Duke EllingtonDuke Ellington Poetry has never been the language of barriers, it’s always been the language of bridges.
Amanda GormanAmanda Gorman No; I did not hate him. The word is too weak. There is no word in the language strong enough to describe my feelings. I can say only that I knew the gnawing of a desire for vengeance on him that was a pain in itself and that exceeded all the bounds of language.
Jack LondonJack London