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When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.

Quotes by John Donne

Poetry is of so subtle a spirit, that in the pouring out of one language into another it will evaporate.

Quotes by John Denham

I don't know what 'operational control' of the border means, but I do understand the English language. And as I understand that phrase, that's not true. We do not have operational control.

Quotes by John Cornyn

I'd like to point out to people the divine in a musical language that transcends words. I want to speak to their souls.

Quotes by John Coltrane

Between 1910 and 1950 approximately 350 lives of Jesus were published in the English language alone.

Quotes by John Clayton

Groups like the NAACP, The Anti-Defamation League, NOW and GLAAD, will respond to derisive language directed at their constituents. The price paid by those who cavalierly chose to verbally disrespect the dignity of African Americans, Jews, women and homosexuals is...

Quotes by John C. McGinley

The only thing that exists is torment, lyricism, and the magnificence of language.

Quotes by John C. Hawkes

One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man.

Quotes by John Berger

My dad is a minister, and my mum is a worker with the less fortunate and the disabled. They're Nigerian natives. Their first language is Yoruba, and their second language is English.

Quotes by John Boyega

Policing language and even legislating against certain behaviours will only go so far to address the pervasive problem of racial bias. To get at the root cause we must have open, honest and sometimes painful conversations.

Quotes by John Barnes

Everybody needs to understand that I learned Arabic from the United States Army as a second language. I never spoke it at home.

Quotes by John Abizaid

I learned my English from Keith Spurgeon. He had some small children, and I was young, too, and so we spoke the language together, and it was fantastic.

Quotes by Johan Cruyff

Indeed, if a chief question does remain: how is the power to think possible? - The power to think right and left, before and without, with and above experience? then it does not take a deduction to prove the genealogical...

Quotes by Johann Georg Hamann

Not only the entire ability to think rests on language... but language is also the crux of the misunderstanding of reason with itself.

Quotes by Johann Georg Hamann

Our language - the way that we deal with most actors is we don't like to get very complicated because we don't want them to think too much because we find it takes them out of the moment.

Quotes by Joe Russo

It was real Cheyenne. I would get the translations the night before, but it was very difficult because it was not like any other language you would be familiar with.

Quotes by Joe Lando

If the rules of a language are followed, words usually make sense. But these very rules can stir the impulse to rebel. We're obliged to keep trying to convey meaning through correct sentences. After a while, the good-soldier rigidity of...

Quotes by Joanna Scott

My parents were language teachers. They talked about teaching all the time and all their friends were teachers. It was considered a pre-ordained thing that I would go into teaching.

Quotes by Joanne Harris

I love the English language, the colors of it, the many, many nuances, the different influences. I find German stilted, in a way, by comparison.

Quotes by Joachim Frank

Comedy is just an unspoken language. Everybody understands it. Funny is funny. When it's not funny, they'll let you know.

Quotes by Jo Koy

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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