Quotes by Language Nobody should call themselves a professional if they only knew one language. Bjarne Stroustrup languageifsshould More good code has been written in languages denounced as "bad'' than in languages proclaimed "wonderful'' - much more. Bjarne Stroustrup simplicitylanguagewonderful However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious. Bjarne Stroustrup javaseriouslanguage I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining Bjarne Stroustrup programmingsupportlanguage Some people are really into being music-minded and knowing all their scales and how to read music and speak the language. Blake Judd languageknowingpeople French was my first language. Bob Cousy languagebasketballfirsts I can hardly believe that I even know this, but I am aware that Noah Webster's original dictionary, apart from being the first truly American lexicography, was a kind of line in the sand. It claimed a very discrete, American form of the English language, explicitly to compare it to the English of our erstwhile colonial masters who had been operating under Dr. Johnson's dictionary rules for well over a century. Bob Garfield languagekindbelieve With today's movies, if we took out all the bad language, we'd go back to silent films. Bob Hope silent-filmslanguagetoday At every moment where language can't go, that's your mind. Bodhidharma languagemomentsmind There is language going on out there- the language of the wild. Roars, snorts, trumpets, squeals, whoops, and chirps all have meaning derived over eons of expression... We have yet to become fluent in the language -and music- of the wild. Boyd Norton trumpetslanguageexpression When I say that we have met the Martians and they are us, I am using colorful language to suggest that we may have been seeded in the process of panspermia. Brad Steiger languageprocessmay Lately, I feel like my life is a book written in a language I don't know how to read. Brandon Sanderson languagelife-isbook They took away our land, our language, and our religion; but they could never harness our tongues. Brendan Behan tonguelanguageland In taking care with language, we take care of ourselves. Bret Stephens take-carecarelanguage I feel that music is more flexible than language and your song, or "piece" is only as flexible as your least flexible component. Brian Chippendale pieceslanguagesong Fun has to rule in a lot of scenarios. Occasionally, when you are really getting going, you need to stretch beyond language. It has to go out the window. Brian Chippendale languagefunneeds What happens with notation is that it reduces things to a language which isn't necessarily appropriate to them. In the same way that words do, you get a much cruder version of what was actually intended. Brian Eno language As we said in the preface to the first edition, C "wears well as one's experience with it grows." With a decade more experience, we still feel that way. Brian Kernighan languagewayfirsts People who cannot distinguish between good and bad language, or who regard the distinction as unimportant, are unlikely to think carefully about anything else. Brian Reynolds Myers languagepeoplethinking Soap operas are a world where rich people always have chandeliers and hip people have striped hair and the language that they use doesn't have any flexibility anymore. Bronson Pinchot languagepeopleworld«910111213141516171819»
