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I am so far as I am aware not at all influenced by dramatists, expect for Shakespeare, who I have to say, it is impossible not to be influenced by if you hold language to be the major element of...

Quotes by Howard Barker

Language is like songs, like food, like dance-it is the expression of what we think.

Quotes by Holly Near

I grew up around Vietnamese refugees, around people who don't speak English as a first language.

Quotes by Hong Chau

Asian-Americans, we're not a monolithic group. There might be some Asians who are second-generation, third-generation, who may not speak the language that their parents or their grandparents spoke.

Quotes by Hong Chau

I grew up speaking Vietnamese - that was my first language because my parents didn't speak any English, and I didn't learn English until I started school.

Quotes by Hong Chau

I read 'Sabella or The Blood Stone' by Tanith Lee, which was hugely influential to me. I love Tanith's writing. She's just really lyrical, beautiful use of language.

Quotes by Holly Black

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.

Quotes by Hippocrates

Directing while overcoming differences of language and culture is a stimulating challenge.

Quotes by Hirokazu Kore-eda

In Libya, I did well at school because I was clever. In Egyptian public school, I got the highest marks for the basest of reasons. And in the American school, I struggled. Everything - mathematics, the sciences, pottery, swimming -...

Quotes by Hisham Matar

I dislike pastiche; it attracts attention to the language only.

Quotes by Hilary Mantel

I speak a kind of Hapsburg language.

Quotes by Herta Muller

I learned Romanian very late, when I was fifteen, in town, and I wanted to learn it. I like the language very much.

Quotes by Herta Muller

Romanian is a very beautiful, sensual, poetic language.

Quotes by Herta Muller

Through writing, one experiences something different to what one experiences with the five senses one has because language is a different metier.

Quotes by Herta Muller

Working with language requires beauty for me.

Quotes by Herta Muller

Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.

Quotes by Herbie Hancock

Regardless of whether you speak the language or are familiar with a culture, the picture should hold up.

Quotes by Herb Ritts

I realized that you could formulate theories about human and social phenomena in language and pictures and whatever you wanted on the computer, and you didn't have to go through this straitjacket, adding a lot of numbers.

Quotes by Herbert A. Simon

Instrumental music can spread the international language.

Quotes by Herb Alpert

Why on earth do we want closer connection with England? We have little in common with English people except our language. We are fast becoming an entirely different people.

Quotes by Henry Lawson

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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