Quotes by Language There are times when the power of language is not the power that is needed. Leon Wieseltier power-of-languagelanguage-and-powerlanguage Elvis is the greatest cultural force in the twentieth century. He introduced the beat to everything, music, language, clothes, it's a whole new social revolution - the 60's comes from it. Leonard Bernstein clothesrevolutionlanguage When a Japanese manufacturer was asked by his North American counterpart, What is the best language in which to do business?" the man responded: "My customer's language Leonard Sweet he-manlanguagemen The best thing on translation was said by Cervantes: translation is the other side of a tapestry. Leonardo Sciascia languagesidessaid The space station mission was kind of the culmination of all of my experience of being a NASA Astronaut, so it had brought all of my previous experience into play. I had to learn the Russian language to a fluent level so that I could function as the co-pilot of the Soyuz Spacecraft that we flew up and back from the space station. And then the challenge of being the Commander of the whole expedition, a six and a-half month flight aboard the international space station. I felt the burden of the whole mission on my shoulders, which was fine, and fortunately everything did go well. Leroy Chiao languagekindchallenges Gender is the poetry each of us makes out of the language we are taught. Leslie Feinberg lgbttaughtlanguage Thinking is not the ability to manipulate language; it’s the ability to manipulate concepts. Leslie Lamport abilitylanguagethinking Music is the language of heaven. Levon Helm music-islanguageheaven Language is the tool of the tools Lev S. Vygotsky languagetools If you can take photographs with language, I'm taking one right now. Lewis Hine languagephotographifs Poetry is the language of extremity. Poetry is a transfer of potency. You feel something potent and then you transfer it onto the page. Li-Young Lee potencypageslanguage The gift of language is the single human trait that marks us all genetically, setting us apart from the rest of life. Lewis Thomas rest-of-lifemarklanguage The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand. Lewis Thomas languagematterhands The activity of art is... as important as the activity of language itself, and as universal. Leo Tolstoy languageimportantart We are spectacular splendid manifestations of life. We have language. We have affection. And finally, and perhaps best of all, we have music. Lewis Thomas affectionsplendidlanguage I speak the truth but I guess that's a foreign language to ya'll! Lil Wayne foreign-languagelanguagespeak I loved languages, and loved learning languages. It was fantastic. But I was alone there. I remember that time as a real Virginia Woolf time. More than any language it was her language that influenced me. Lily King virginialanguagereal Better say nothing at all. Language is worth a thousand pounds a word! Lewis Carroll languagethousandpounds Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain. Lily Tomlin languagecomplainingneeds There is a language beyond human language, an elemental language, one that arises from the land itself. Linda Hogan ariselanguageland«6263646566676869707172»
