Language Quotes
To the young, cliches seem freshly minted.
Bel KaufmanBel Kaufman Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand.
Stevie WonderStevie Wonder The limits of your language are the limits of your world.
Ludwig WittgensteinLudwig Wittgenstein Calling your name, the only language I can speak.
Selena GomezSelena Gomez A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
Simone WeilSimone Weil For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
James ThurberJames Thurber Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.
MartialMartial The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
Audre LordeAudre Lorde He brought his food with him, he brought his language with him, he never spoke a word of English.
Abel FerraraAbel Ferrara In Malayalam, I can improvise, and acting is easy because I think in Malayalam, but for ‘Velaikkaran,’ I had to prepare for a role, which is a first for me.
Fahadh FaasilFahadh Faasil Nature is written in mathematical language.
Galileo GalileiGalileo Galilei One great part of every human existence is passed in a state which cannot be rendered sensible by the use of wideawake language, cutanddry grammar and goahead plot.
James JoyceJames Joyce Poetry is one of the destinies of speech… One would say that the poetic image, in its newness, opens a future to language.
Gaston BachelardGaston Bachelard Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.
Duke EllingtonDuke Ellington As was his language so was his life.
I have a few minor rules for myself but I break them all the time. For example, when translating from Romance languages to English, there is often a choice between a Latinate cognate and a Germanic equivalent.
Adam MorrisAdam Morris