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Richard Hugo taught me that anyone with a desire to write, an ear for language and a bit of imagination could become a writer. He also, in a way, gave me permission to write about northern Montana.

Quotes by James Welch

My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language.

Quotes by James Thurber

The art of communication is the language of leadership.

Quotes by James Humes

The Internet is not just one thing, it's a collection of things - of numerous communications networks that all speak the same digital language.

Quotes by James H. Clark

I didn't do programming language stuff in college at all.

Quotes by James Gosling

The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.

Quotes by James Fenimore Cooper

English poetry begins whenever we decide to say the modern English language begins, and it extends as far as we decide to say that the English language extends.

Quotes by James Fenton

We wanted the language to feel fresh, fun, and rock solid.

Quotes by James Frank

Mathematicians may flatter themselves that they possess new ideas which mere human language is as yet unable to express.

Quotes by James C. Maxwell

There's a specificity of language that's required in Shakespeare that most drama students in England deal with - a specificity of language that is somehow not as clear in a lot of American schools.

Quotes by James Avery

My publication, 'The Post,' has taken the initiative to translate many of my pieces and publish them in Arabic. For that, I am grateful. Arabs need to read in their own language so they can understand and discuss the various...

Quotes by Jamal Khashoggi

You know, I think music is very interactive. It's a - it's a language.

Quotes by Jake Shimabukuro

Everyone thinks England and America are the same, as we have the same language, but I felt like an alien as an English person living in America.

Quotes by Jaime Murray

When we say Tamil, we are not talking of a language but an entire civilisation.

Quotes by Jaggi Vasudev

In other words, the man who is born into existence deals first with language; this is a given. He is even caught in it before his birth.

Quotes by Jacques Lacan

If our language, our programs, our creations are not strongly present in the new media, the young generation of our country will be economically and culturally marginalized.

Quotes by Jacques Chirac

As soon as there is language, generality has entered the scene.

Quotes by Jacques Derrida

In Algeria, I had begun to get into literature and philosophy. I dreamed of writing-and already models were instructing the dream, a certain language governed it.

Quotes by Jacques Derrida

No one gets angry at a mathematician or a physicist whom he or she doesn't understand, or at someone who speaks a foreign language, but rather at someone who tampers with your own language.

Quotes by Jacques Derrida

When I entered Bollywood, I didn't have any advantage over anyone. I didn't know how to act, I was not from the industry, I didn't know the language, and I didn't know how to dance. So, whatever films I was...

Quotes by Jacqueline Fernandez

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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