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In our daily lives as programmers, we process text strings a lot. So I tried to work hard on text processing, namely the string class and regular expressions. Regular expressions are built into the language and are very tuned up...

Quotes by Yukihiro Matsumoto

Thank God, I have sort of a pan-European accent rather than Russian, which doesn't sound very pleasantly to Americans. For them, we speak with a rather rude pitch, and that might be our actors' problem there. Now I've begun working...

Quotes by Yuliya Snigir

I love the American openness and use of language; I just don't know how to be that way.

Quotes by Yolanda Hadid

There is no other language as similar to Hebrew like Arabic.

Quotes by Yitzhak Navon

As you begin to realize that every different type of music, everybody's individual music, has its own rhythm, life, language and heritage, you realize how life changes, and you learn how to be more open and adaptive to what is...

Quotes by Yo-Yo Ma

When I read the Koran or hear it read, the images and the poetry, the sound of the language is very inspiring.

Quotes by Yasmine Hamdan

I'm inspired by many artists whose language I don't understand.

Quotes by Yasmine Hamdan

The language of prose is very different than the language of cinema, so the movie has to successfully translate what was in the book.

Quotes by Yann Martel

Hebrew is my first language, so it's really the most personal and the most simple. When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out.

Quotes by Yael Naim

Everybody laughs the same in every language because laughter is a universal connection.

Quotes by Yakov Smirnoff

I think there's some pretty amazing language in the Bible.

Quotes by Win Butler

Make definite assertions. Avoid tame, colorless, hesitating, non-committal language.

Quotes by William Strunk, Jr.

Language is a virus from outer space.

Quotes by William S. Burroughs

There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an observation in brief and plain language.

Quotes by William Osler

I am accused of using hard language. I admit the charge. I have not been able to find a soft word to describe villainy or to identify the perpetrator of it. The man who makes a chattel of his brother...

Quotes by William Lloyd Garrison

I am now completing research supported by NSF and NEH that is mapping changes in the English language through all of North America, for both mainstream and minority communities.

Quotes by William Labov

Hominid and human evolution took place over millions and not billions of years, but with the emergence of language there was a further acceleration of time and the rate of change.

Quotes by William Irwin Thompson

When language was not transcendental enough to complete the meaning of a revelation, symbols were relied upon for heavenly teaching, and familiar images, chosen from the known, were made to mirror the unknown spiritual truth.

Quotes by William H. Hunt

Language is to the mind more than light is to the eye.

Quotes by William Gibson

Language fits over experience like a straight-jacket.

Quotes by William Golding

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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