Quotes by Language Fashions are not fashions at all but refashioning; language is not communication but reinvention. They are never in place but on display. Dionne Brand fashioncommunicationlanguage I can read your body language like a conversation Dom Kennedy languagebodyconversation The radio was my big influence. Comedy came from the instinctual feel I had for language. Dominic Chianese comedyradiolanguage I'm trying to steal from everybody. So yeah, there's cats that I'm personally affiliated with - Carl Franklin, Paul Thomas Anderson - and others that I don't know personally but their work I'm a big admirer of, like Martin Scorsese. But I'm hoping to come up with a language that is mine, that's specific to my take on this material. Don Cheadle catlanguagetrying Past, present and future are not amenities of language. Time unfolds into the seamsof being. It passes through you, making and shaping. Don DeLillo amenitieslanguagepast Pictures rule, but words define, explain, express, direct, and hold together our thoughts and what we know. Don Watson translationslanguagetogether The managerial class has forced on us a public language that makes no sense Don Watson languageclass Language is butchered by the media Don Watson medialanguage It is part of the business of marketing to muddy the distinction between altruism and cynicism. Don Watson marketingcynicismlanguage The language of my books has shaped me as a man. Don DeLillo languagemenbook Even if someone knew the entire physical history of the world, and every mental event were identical with a physical, it would notfollow that he could predict or explain a single mental event (so described, of course). Donald Davidson eventslanguageworld Unfortunately, we're using the same language to talk about the language we'retalking about. Donna Jo Napoli language I'm very concerned with questions of language. This is what I think of when I think of myself as a writer: I'm someone who writes sentences and paragraphs. I think of the sentence - not only what it shares but, in a sense, what it looks like. I like to match words not only in a way that convey a meaning, possibly an indirect meaning, but even at times words that have a kind of visual correspondence. Don DeLillo languagewritingthinking I had always suspected language was quite limited in its ability to communicate the intricate mysteries of truth. Donald Miller ability-to-communicatemysterylanguage In my experience, writing a novel tends to create its own structure, its own demands, its own language, its own ending. Don DeLillo demandlanguagewriting And let me tell you 'Kingdom of God' language is really big in the emerging church. Doug Pagitt languagechurchkingdoms If you're offended by any word in any language, it's probably because your parents were unfit to raise a child. Doug Stanhope languageparentchildren Most programming languages contain good parts and bad parts. I discovered that I could be better programmer by using only the good parts and avoiding the bad parts. Douglas Crockford avoidingprogramminglanguage It is a most disgraceful shame the way in which Irishmen are brought up. They are ashamed of their language, institutions, and of everything Irish. Douglas Hyde shamelanguageway JS will be a real functional language. Douglas Crockford languagereal«2122232425262728293031»
