Quotes by Language For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language. Joseph Brodsky patriotismlanguageattitude Big-endians and small-endians. Jonathan Swift bigslanguagebook Colors speak all languages. Joseph Addison colorlanguagespeak Every individual or national degeneration is immediately revealed by a directly proportional degradation in language. Joseph de Maistre degradationindividuallanguage A language is a more ancient and inevitable thing than any state. Joseph Brodsky ancientstateslanguage The word happiness exists in every language; it is plausible the thing itself exists. Jorge Luis Borges plausiblelanguage Profanity is filthiness. A person is known as much by his language as he is by the company he keeps...Filthiness in any form is degrading and soul-destroying and should be avoided. Joseph Fielding Smith formlanguagesoul A speaker is like a lousy auto mechanic: Every time he fixes something in the language, he screws up something else. Joseph H. Greenberg mechanicscrew-upslanguage You who read me, are You sure of understanding my language? Jorge Luis Borges languageunderstanding The ultimate goal is a comprehensive classification of what is very likely a single language family. The implications of such a classification for the origin and history of our species would, of course, be very great. Joseph H. Greenberg classificationlanguagegoal i couldn't speak the language of his feelings Jonathan Safran Foer languagespeakfeelings I think of myself primarily as a reader, then also a writer, but that's more or less irrelevant. I think I'm a good reader, I'm a good reader in many languages, especially in English, since poetry came to me through the English language, initially through my father's love of Swinburn, of Tennyson, and also of Keats, Shelley and so on - not through my native tongue, not through Spanish. It came to me as a kind of spell. I didn't understand it, but I felt it. Jorge Luis Borges languagekindthinking Liquid, flowing words are the choicest and the best, if language is regarded as music. But when it is considered as a picture, then there are rough words which are very telling, they make their mark. Joseph Joubert liquidmarklanguage I am only describing language, not explaining anything. Joseph Kosuth describinglanguageexplaining Every individual ought to know at least one poet from cover to cover: if not as a guide through the world, then as a yardstick for the language. Joseph Brodsky yardstickslanguageworld The mathematical sciences wield their particular language made of digits and signs, no less subtle than any other. Jorge Luis Borges subtlemathematicslanguage Color is a language. It is the language of painting. How painting expresses itself is in large part with color. Joseph Raffael paintingcolorlanguage When you choose a language, you're choosing more than a set of technical trade-offs-you're choosing a community. Joshua Bloch tradecommunitylanguage Languages are something of a mess. They evolve over centuries through an unplanned, democratic process that leaves them teeming with irregularities, quirks, and words like 'knight.' Joshua Foer knightscenturylanguage Words should be employed as the means, not the end; language is the instrument, conviction is the work. Joshua Reynolds convictionlanguagemean«5455565758596061626364»
