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I've had Republicans come to me and say, 'Tell me how I should talk to young people!' as if it's some foreign language or something.

Quotes by Aaron Schock

A lot of times, we look at jazz in eras. How can we not keep those eras separate and think of the language as one complete continuum? It's all interrelated, and it's all evolutionary.

Quotes by Aaron Diehl

I think literary theory has not been terribly good for English studies in a while. It's not that theory isn't interesting, but it isn't about books, or the idiosyncrasies and complexities of putting language together.

Quotes by A. S. Byatt

My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband.

Quotes by A. S. Byatt

Comedy is a universal language. I grew up watching Nagesh, Surilirajan, Thenga Srinivasan and S.V. Shekhar's comedies. And, of course, Charlie Chaplin! These artists are so blessed: they can make other people happy.

Quotes by A. R. Rahman

The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs.

Quotes by A. E. Waite

It's difficult for me to feel that a solid page without the breakups of paragraphs can be interesting. I break mine up perhaps sooner than I should in terms of the usage of the English language.

Quotes by A. E. van Vogt

I don't know if English is the only language where some expressions only and solely mean the opposite of what they say but we do have an awful lot of them.

Quotes by A. A. Gill

Shakespeare's taught me that there are more words in the English language than I have got in my head.

Quotes by Zoe Wanamaker

English is not my first language.

Quotes by Zhu Zhu

The producing thing has come quite naturally to me. I feel like for directing, I would like to be more technically-savvy. I want to have the language under my belt, and I also want it to be a project that...

Quotes by Zoe Bell

I must stick with Chinese language films.

Quotes by Zhang Yimou

If, in the schools, the classical language would no longer be taught, whom could we entrust with the writing of memorials, documents, letters and notes in the public service? How could we possibly assign important offices and heavy responsibilities to...

Quotes by Zhang Zhidong

China's cinema has been rising for some time; it has more exposure, so my chances of becoming internationally known are better. But the first thing I have to do is learn English. If I can grasp the language, then perhaps...

Quotes by Zhang Ziyi

A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable.

Quotes by Zebulon Pike

Music is its own language - if you don't speak it, it's hard to say what you're trying to do.

Quotes by Zedd

I was that weird eight-year-old who was really interested in Shakespeare and understood it and appreciated the language.

Quotes by Zendaya

You know among people who kind of travel a lot and have exposure to the United States and some other countries, they do have accounts, but you know, Russia is not exactly the place with multiple language skills so local...

Quotes by Yuri Milner

Students often have such a lofty idea of what a poem is, and I want them to realize that their own lives are where the poetry comes from. The most important things are to respect the language; to know the...

Quotes by Yusef Komunyakaa

Because of the Turing completeness theory, everything one Turing-complete language can do can theoretically be done by another Turing-complete language, but at a different cost. You can do everything in assembler, but no one wants to program in assembler anymore.

Quotes by Yukihiro Matsumoto

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these Language quotes explore?
This set looks at the limits of ordinary language for describing science, the case for more scientific language in public discourse, feeling outmatched by the sheer size of the English language, and wanting to master the technical language of a craft like directing. If you like exploring how words shape meaning, so is our Like collection.
Is there a quote about language struggling to describe science?
Yes — one quote says, "The problems of language here are really serious. We wish to speak in some way about the structure of the atoms. But we cannot speak about atoms in ordinary language."
Is there a quote calling for more scientific language in public life?
There is. One quote argues, "More scientific language and less diplomatic rhetoric may make this world even better." For more ideas along these lines, see our More collection.
Is there a quote about the English language being hard to keep up with?
Yes — one quote admits, "Shakespeare's taught me that there are more words in the English language than I have got in my head." Shakespeare is famous for exploring love as much as language, and you can see more of that in our Love collection.
Is there a quote about wanting to master a craft's technical language?
Yes — one quote shares, "The producing thing has come quite naturally to me. I feel like for directing, I would like to be more technically-savvy. I want to have the language under my belt." For more reflections framed in first person, see our Me collection.

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