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CSS is the design language of the web, and it is not as easy to use as it ought to be, and it can be confusing, especially if you are new to it.

Quotes by Jeffrey Zeldman

My first language is both English and Spanish. My mom was raised in Los Angeles, so with her we spoke English, but my father was born in Cuba, so with him we spoke Spanish.

Quotes by Jencarlos Canela

My career did start in the Spanish language industry, and that's probably because my father is my manager. He pushed my career in the direction he knew best.

Quotes by Jencarlos Canela

Humans are crude linguists from the moment of birth - and perhaps even in the womb - to the extent at least that we can hear spoken sounds and begin to recognize different combinations of language sounds.

Quotes by Jeffrey Kluger

I don't like to hurry. I'm not a conductor of the fast, fiery romantic type. I prefer Bruckner, with the sincerity of his musical language and the huge time spans in which his ideas develop, to Mahler, with his hysteria...

Quotes by Jeffrey Tate

I'm aware of cliches and I'm aware of experiments that have been done and I'm aware of a kind of deadness to a lot of realism both in the language and in the structure of a book.

Quotes by Jeffrey Eugenides

If you have a craftsman's command of the language and basic writing techniques you'll be able to write - as long as you know what you want to say.

Quotes by Jeffery Deaver

Second-generation Hispanics marry non-Hispanics at a higher rate than second-generation Irish or Italians. Second-generation Hispanics' English language capability rates are higher than previous immigrant groups'.

Quotes by Jeb Bush

I think Donald Trump's language and the way that he presents things oftentimes is not good.

Quotes by Jedediah Bila

To create a past that seemed authentic but would be a fiction, you need an invented language.

Quotes by Jeanette Winterson

I think it is a mistake to identify a movie according to its language, as if movies were literature.

Quotes by Jean-Jacques Annaud

The art of motion pictures is pictorial and language comes a distant second.

Quotes by Jean-Jacques Annaud

When a French book becomes an international hit it is because of the author and not because of the language. The same goes for movies.

Quotes by Jean-Jacques Annaud

Before playing with his equals, the child is influenced by his parents. He is subjected from his cradle to a multiplicity of regulations, and even before language he becomes conscious of certain obligations.

Quotes by Jean Piaget

The theatre is like a Catholic Mass of language.

Quotes by Jean Giraudoux

My dog is vicious to the uninvited guest, lavishly affectionate to the invited one, and so freakishly acute that he has mastered the English language.

Quotes by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Never resist a sentence you like, in which language takes its own pleasure and in which, after having abused it for so long, you are stupefied by its innocence.

Quotes by Jean Baudrillard

If you say, I love you, then you have already fallen in love with language, which is already a form of break up and infidelity.

Quotes by Jean Baudrillard

Children say they are unhappy in every language they have. They say it in silence, and they say it in riots.

Quotes by Jay Griffiths

Human language is lit with animal life: we play cats-cradle or have hare-brained ideas; we speak of badgering, or outfoxing someone; to squirrel something away and to ferret it out.

Quotes by Jay Griffiths

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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