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The iconoclastic mode, that specific mode of language, there is an element of it that it is punk - that is confrontational. That's just a part of the language of jazz - at a certain point.

Quotes by Matthew Shipp

One of the series I like is D.M. Cornish's 'Monster Blood Tattoo,' in which he creates a whole language. Kids who are reading that are building a language in their heads. There's no real cognitive difference. I think kids are...

Quotes by Matthew Tobin Anderson

I took Japanese in high school. I'm Chinese, though, and I just fell in love with the language and the culture.

Quotes by Matthew Moy

There is certainly no one 'type' of writer who deliberately draws on Shakespeare. In fact, there's a strong argument that everyone writing in the English language is influenced by Shakespeare because, to a considerable degree, he shaped that language.

Quotes by Matt Haig

Language is the friendliest of the things from which we cannot escape.

Quotes by Mason Cooley

After we become literate, we literally 'think differently' about language: images of brain activation between literate and nonliterate humans bear this out.

Quotes by Maryanne Wolf

We know from research that the reading circuit is not given to human beings through a genetic blueprint like vision or language; it needs an environment to develop. Further, it will adapt to that environment's requirements - from different writing...

Quotes by Maryanne Wolf

Reading or written language is a cultural invention that necessitated totally new connections among structures in the human brain underlying language, perception, cognition, and, over time, our emotions.

Quotes by Maryanne Wolf

When we have any function, whether it's language or vision or cognitive functions like memory, we aren't dealing with a straight line to the brain that says 'This is what I do.' The brain builds a network of connections, a...

Quotes by Maryanne Wolf

Neither of my parents had English as a first language.

Quotes by Maryanne Trump Barry

A riot is the language of the unheard.

Martin Luther King Jr.

I'd love to do something like 'A Canterbury Tale,' because I love the English language.

Quotes by Martin McDonagh

Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man.

Quotes by Martin Heidegger

Language is the house of the truth of Being.

Quotes by Martin Heidegger

The German language speaks Being, while all the others merely speak of Being.

Quotes by Martin Heidegger

One of the characteristics of New Labour - and Miliband is irredeemably of that species - is that, in the guise of a new liberal language, it has adopted the age-old default mode of British foreign policy, namely military intervention.

Quotes by Martin Jacques

It is much easier to learn another language when you are young, enthusiastic and unembarrassed.

Quotes by Martin Jacques

I am calling attention just to the main points of these tremendously important matters, which can be understood better by pious meditation than explained by human language.

Quotes by Martin Chemnitz

Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.

Quotes by Martha Graham

I feel that I speak the musical language.

Quotes by Marsha Norman

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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