Quotes by Language If the word 'No' was removed from the English language, Ian Paisley would be speechless. John Hume speechlesslanguagewould-be Malcolm X found the language that communicated across the board, from college professor to floor sweeper, all at the same time, without demeaning the intellect of either. John Henrik Clarke boardslanguagecollege All of us, just because we are able to talk, also believe we are able to talk about language. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ablelanguagebelieve Wer fremde Sprachen nicht kennt, weiss nichts von seiner eigenen.He who is ignorant of foreign languages, knows not his own. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe foreign-languageignorantlanguage He who does not know foreign languages does not know anything about his own. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe languageknowsdoe Language exists only when it is listened to as well as spoken. The hearer is an indispensable partner. John Dewey partnerslanguagewriting When translating one must proceed up to the intranslatable; only then one becomes aware of the foreign nation and the foreign tongue. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe tonguetranslatelanguage I do know where I'm going and it's just a matter of finding the language to get there. John Irving findingslanguagematter The force of a language does not consist of rejecting what is foreign but of swallowing it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe swallowinglanguagedoe When I go to photograph somebody, they say, "What do you want me to do?" Those are the most frightening words in the English language. I want to say, "Please, go over into good light and do something unusual. John Loengard languagelightwant A thing well said will be wit in all languages. John Dryden well-saidwitlanguage Fools, most linguists. Damn all to say in one language, so they learn another and say damn all in that. John le Carre foollanguageliterature To possess another language, Charlemagne tells us, is to possess another soul. German is such a language. Once you have it in your head, you can go there anytime, you can close the door, you have a refuge. John le Carre languagesouldoors With books we stand on the shoulders of giants. John Locke giantslanguagebook Had the Bible been in clear straightforward language, had the ambiguities and contradictions been edited out, and had the language been constantly modernised to accord with contemporary taste it would almost certainly have been, or become, a work of lesser influence. John Kenneth Galbraith atheismlanguagetaste To possess another language is to possess another soul. John le Carre languagesoul You couldn't have human society without language. John Maynard Smith human-societylanguagehumans Language changes very fast. John Maynard Smith language Music speaks from spirit to spirit and in that sense you could call it a true spiritual language. John McLaughlin musicianlanguagespiritual I don't use coarse language very often. I have a larger vocabulary than that. John McCain vocabularylanguageuse«5152535455565758596061»
