Quotes by Language Stay away from restaurants that have menus in five languages. Thats always a tourist trap. You want to eat where the locals eat. Curtis Stone touristslanguagewant I've always felt, even as a songwriter, that the rhythm of speech is in itself a language for me. Cyndi Lauper rhythmspeechlanguage An author arrives at a good style when his language performs what is required of it without shyness. Cyril Connolly stylelanguagewriting Language is the only homeland. Czeslaw Milosz homelandlanguage I knew that I would speak in the language of the vanquished No more durable than old customs, family rituals, Christmas tinsel, and once a year the hilarity of carols. Czeslaw Milosz hilaritylanguageyears When I read Shakespeare I am struck with wonder that such trivial people should muse and thunder in such lovely language. D. H. Lawrence lovelylanguagepeople The reaction to any word may be, in an individual, either a mob-reaction or an individual reaction. It is up to the individual to ask himself: Is my reaction individual, or am I merely reacting from my mob-self? When it comes to the so-called obscene words, I should say that hardly one person in a million escapes mob-reaction. D. H. Lawrence languageselfmay If we had had the right technology back then, you would have seen Eva Braun on the Donahue show and Adolf Hitler on Meet the Press. Dale E. Turner politicaltechnologylanguage We think of history as another specialization, like philosophy of language, rather than as something that informs everything we do and think. Dale Jamieson languagephilosophythinking Language is not neutral. It is not merely a vehicle which carries ideas. It is itself a shaper of ideas. Dale Spender vehiclelanguageideas C++ tries to guard against Murphy, not Machiavelli. Damian Conway programminglanguagetrying Poetry was syllable and rhythm. Poetry was the measurement of breath. Poetry was time make audible. Poetry evoked the present moment; poetry was the antidote to history. Poetry was language free from habit. Damon Galgut measurementlanguagemoments Language can be very adept at hiding the truth. Dan Brown hiding-the-truthhidinglanguage This is every writer's nightmare - the sudden breakdown of meaning in the language that sustains and supports us. Dan Simmons nightmaresupportlanguage One’s visual language is not something that manifests overnight. It develops organically over a life-time. The shifts can be so subtle as to be virtually imperceptible and, at times, will come to fruition so rapidly, and with such force, that the profundity is all-consuming. That is life’s work. Dan Winters subtlefruitionlanguage Precision about language can be really, really annoying. It can make you miss the point of what the other person is saying altogether. Dana Reinhardt annoyinglanguagemissing When you speak a new language you must see if you can translate all of the poetry of your old language into the new one. Dana Scott translatelanguagespeak Astrology is a language. If you understand this language, the sky speaks to you. Dane Rudhyar astrologylanguagesky When I started writing seriously in high school, English was the language I had at my disposal - my Spanish was domestic, colloquial, and not particularly literary or sophisticated. Daniel Alarcon languagewritingschool I write in English because I was raised in the States and educated in this language. Daniel Alarcon stateslanguagewriting«1617181920212223242526»
