Quotes by Language Language should almost break up or explode in its fruitless effort to contain so many meanings. Eugene Ionesco effortlanguagebreak The language of truth is simple. Euripides communicationlanguagesimple Marriage is a language of love, equality, and inclusion. Evan Wolfson language-of-loveinclusionlanguage The mystery lies in the use of language to express human life. Eudora Welty languageuselying It's always a unique challenge when you're working with somebody where English is their second language. Ethan Hawke languageuniquechallenges Even if you're a genius and you invent your own language, it doesn't become a language until there are people using it. Eyvind Kang geniuslanguagepeople Working with the Latin language is pretty powerful. Working with a language that is not spoken vernacularly is intense. Eyvind Kang powerfullanguagelatin Poetry is a language pared down to its essentials. Ezra Pound essentialslanguagepoetry-is The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language. Ezra Pound language-learninglanguagehumans Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear. Ezra Pound languagepoundswriting For me, French is so rich and so sacred that learning it is like learning a foreign language. Fabrice Luchini sacredrichlanguage The first rule of translation: make sure you know at least one of the bloody languages! Faiz Ahmad Faiz bloodylanguagefirsts My French is still good. That's a beautiful language and I'm happy to speak it. Famke Janssen languagespeakbeautiful An instrument that sometimes expresses thought, sometimes obscures thought, but most often replaces thought. Evan Esar instrumentslanguagesometimes French is the language of diplomacy. Spanish is the language of bureaucracy. Ernest Hemingway diplomacybureaucracylanguage A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of translations. Ezra Pound languageliteratureage The only thing that it is advisable to know in any language is the numerals; and even there, you can do a lot with the fingers. Evelyn Waugh numeralsfingerslanguage The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language, and no single language is capable of expressing all forms and degrees of human comprehension. Ezra Pound degreesformlanguage Time changes all things; there is no reason why language should escape this universal law Ferdinand de Saussure languagelawreason-why Without language, thought is a vague, uncharted nebula. Ferdinand de Saussure unchartednebulalanguage«2829303132333435363738»
