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Of course language manifests a belief only if we use its words with the implied acceptance of their appositeness.

Quotes by Michael Polanyi

So long as we use a certain language, all questions that we can ask will have to be formulated in it and will thereby confirm the theory of the universe which is implied in the vocabulary and structure of the...

Quotes by Michael Polanyi

Should such an ignorant people lead the world? How did it come to this in the first place? 82 percent of us don't even have a passport! Just a handful can speak a language other than English.

Quotes by Michael Moore

Anything well written with good language and clarity and honesty is worth doing. It comes out of the same tradition as Shakespeare.

Quotes by Michael Moriarty

Lincoln was not an intellectual, but no one in 200 years understood the language of the King James Bible or learned Blackstone's Laws of England, or Cicero, or the language of the Founding Fathers, better than he did.

Quotes by Michael Ignatieff

I'm not tribal Labour. I'm a Liberal at heart. Different tradition, different language.

Quotes by Michael Ignatieff

It is literally the case that learning languages makes you smarter. The neural networks in the brain strengthen as a result of language learning.

Quotes by Michael Gove

There is a slam-dunk case for extending foreign language teaching to children aged five. Just as some people have taken a perverse pride in not understanding mathematics, so we have taken a perverse pride in the fact that we do...

Quotes by Michael Gove

Language in fiction is made up of equal parts meaning and music. The sentences should have rhythm and cadence, they should engage and delight the inner ear.

Quotes by Michael Cunningham

I revise constantly, as I go along and then again after I've finished a first draft. Few of my novels contain a single sentence that closely resembles the sentence I first set down. I just find that I have to...

Quotes by Michael Cunningham

Through language, we can tell the truth and hear the truth spoken, just as we can be deceived. Sometimes it's a painful realization: we can be lied to. As I write, I think of myself as putting my eye under...

Quotes by Michael Cadnum

I always feel like music should be a universal language.

Quotes by Melanie Fiona

I love guacamole and think about it a lot when I'm supposed to be thinking about language.

Quotes by Meg Wolitzer

I have been adopted by the millennials, and I'm enjoying every minute of it! I'm learning a new language.

Quotes by Maxine Waters

The idea of working with Steven Spielberg was very attractive. He's such a master. He knows the language of the camera and of filmmaking, which gives him a great freedom.

Quotes by Max von Sydow

The difference between an author and a horse is that the horse doesn't understand the horse dealer's language.

Quotes by Max Frisch

Music is the soul of language.

Quotes by Max Heindel

The French no longer respect their language, because they no longer love themselves, and, no longer loving themselves, they no longer love what was the instrument of their glory - their language.

Quotes by Maurice Druon

Socialist ideology is making France go to pot, and the French language with it.

Quotes by Maurice Druon

Singing beautiful melodies is one thing, but to deliver the text so that the people understand it, even in a foreign language, has to be worked at very hard.

Quotes by Maureen Forrester

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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