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I love theater. I also love radio. I love language.

Quotes by Indira Varma

I am not musically educated yet. I don't read - I make my own language that works for myself. But I play by ear.

Quotes by Imelda May

If a writer doesn't do anything but give a new word to his language and, from there, maybe to other languages, I think that writer redefines the world.

Quotes by Ilan Stavans

Latinos are learning English. That doesn't mean that they should sacrifice their original language or that they should give up this in-betweeness that is Spanglish.

Quotes by Ilan Stavans

Yiddish, originally, in Eastern Europe was considered the language of children, of the illiterate, of women. And 500 years later, by the 19th century, by the 18th century, writers realized that, in order to communicate with the masses, they could...

Quotes by Ilan Stavans

When I first arrived in the country, I really didn't speak much of the language. I knew two words coming here, and they were 'Hello' and 'Shut up.'

Quotes by Ilhan Omar

We have to connect to our fans through the media, and when you talk about that, it's got to come from your heart. And when it comes from your heart, it has to be absolutely consistent. There's a big risk...

Quotes by Ichiro Suzuki

I would say colonialism is a wonderful thing. It spread civilization to Africa. Before it they had no written language, no wheel as we know it, no schools, no hospitals, not even normal clothing.

Quotes by Ian Smith

I lived for a year in Scotland. British sign language is very different from American.

Quotes by I. King Jordan

Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking.

Quotes by Humphry Davy

The symbolic view of things is a consequence of long absorption in images. Is sign language the real language of Paradise?

Quotes by Hugo Ball

In the year 1915 a series of trivial incidents led some Chinese students in Cornell University to take up the question of reforming the Chinese language.

Quotes by Hu Shih

On July 26, 1916, I announced to all my friends in America that from now on I resolved to write no more poems in the classical language, and to begin my experiments in writing poetry in the so-called vulgar tongue...

Quotes by Hu Shih

Music is essentially an emotional language, so you want to feel something from the relationships and build music based on those feelings.

Quotes by Howard Shore

The public discourse online is not done through the polite language of debate.

Quotes by Hozier

My language is what I use, and if I lost that, I wouldn't be able to say anything.

Quotes by Howard Hodgkin

Language cares.

Quotes by Howard Nemerov

Language is remarkable, except under the extreme constraints of mathematics and logic, it never can talk only about what it's supposed to talk about but is always spreading around.

Quotes by Howard Nemerov

I believe that the brain has evolved over millions of years to be responsive to different kinds of content in the world. Language content, musical content, spatial content, numerical content, etc.

Quotes by Howard Gardner

We must examine then the concerns of the Government of Japan about the language of the treaty itself - of SOFA - and of the interim and further arrangements that have been made since 1995, and see whether or not...

Quotes by Howard Baker

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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