Quotes by Language Sometimes before people know what they're saying, they already love the language. Grace Paley languagesometimespeople I'd defend the right for any novelist to experiment with form or language, but if people don't take to it, don't react by making out that they are thick. Graham Joyce novelistslanguagepeople I grew up with a very quick temper, and the language of violence is a language that I'm very familiar and comfortable with. Greg Bryk grew-upviolencelanguage Playing characters that speak a very violent language was my livelihood. Greg Bryk languagespeakcharacter I'm not going to play someone too far from who I am. Although I did a movie where I played a killer, and that has yet to come out. But that's someone I love being able to shock people with. I could do something you would not expect me to do. My limitations are - I'm not Meryl Streep. I'm not playing anything in a foreign language, or anything too far from who I am. Greg Grunberg languagelove-ispeople Truth speaks best in the language of poetry and symbolism, I think. Grant Morrison languagesymbolismthinking A babble of words that no one understands now fills the airwaves, and language loses all meaning as we sink slowly, mindlessly, into herstory rather than history because most rapists are men, aren't they? Gore Vidal politicallanguagemen A translation can never equal the original; it can approach it, and its quality can only be judged as to accuracy by how close it gets. Gregory Rabassa equalqualitylanguage Language commonly stresses only one side of any interaction. Gregory Bateson stresslanguagesides A translator is essentially a reader and we all read differently, except that a translator's reading remains in unchanging print Gregory Rabassa unchanginglanguagereading I have always maintained that translation is essentially the closest reading one can possibly give a text. The translator cannot ignore "lesser" words, but must consider every jot and tittle. Gregory Rabassa languagereadinggiving No, she wasn't losing language. She was choking on it. Gregory Maguire chokelanguagelosing It is very hard to say the exact truth, even about your own immediate feelings – much harder than to say something fine about them which is not the exact truth. George Eliot communicationlanguagefeelings The old languages - at least the ones I know - don't have gender. They don't have gendered pronouns. There's no "he" and "she." A human being is a human being. Gloria Steinem pronounsgenderlanguage To have suffered much is like knowing many languages. Thou hast learned to understand all. George Eliot languageknowinginspirational Maybe because English is my second language, maybe I just translate mundane clichés from the Welsh language and they sound original in English. I am going through a bit of an obsession with bad puns. I am hoping I'll grow out of it. Maybe it's just a phase. Gruff Rhys punobsessionlanguage I don't have any phobias with any language, and I've grown up listening to Anglo-American rock n roll as well as Welsh-language punk rock and I'm all for sharing languages. Gruff Rhys punklanguagelistening There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken. George Herbert languageilltaken I've always had an ear for languages and music so it's something I'm continually working on but it's fun. Gugu Mbatha-Raw languageearsfun If you decide to design your own language, there are thousands of sort of amateur language designer pitfalls. Guido van Rossum pitfallsdesignlanguage«3637383940414243444546»
