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In terms of language, yeah we get bleeped and blurred and things, but in terms of content, I would probably say we're getting away with more here than we could get away with in Britain. And that surprised us so...

Quotes by Graham Norton

George Orwell's '1984' frequently tops surveys of our greatest books: it's not a celebration of poetic language. It's decidedly anti-literary, a masterpiece of personal and political narrative sequence. And its subject matter is crucial, because what '1984' shows is that...

Quotes by Graham Joyce

I'd defend the right for any novelist to experiment with form or language, but if people don't take to it, don't react by making out that they are thick.

Quotes by Graham Joyce

In prose, I think you sometimes have to write in very plain language, where every line may not seem to be so important, though in all writing every line is important.

Quotes by Grace Paley

Swearing is industry language. For as long as we're alive it's not going to change. You've got to be boisterous to get results.

Quotes by Gordon Ramsay

I just watched so many Westerns as a kid that you end up using archetypes and sort of tropes of that genre, because there's a language there and you can twist it and turn it on its head or play...

Quotes by Gore Verbinski

The language of the moment or, as it were, the language of the order in which we live, is the image. I felt that if I wanted to commune with the public, I should best do so through the language...

Quotes by Godfrey Reggio

So, not for lack of love of language, but because I feel our language is in an enormous state of humiliation, I decided to make films without words.

Quotes by Godfrey Reggio

These poor women in academia have to talk this silly language that nobody can understand in order to be accepted, they think.

Quotes by Gloria Steinem

Bunny boiler is now part of our language, and I'm proud of that.

Quotes by Glenn Close

I'm interested in when language fails, when it is opaque.

Quotes by Glenn Ligon

Language controls how you are perceived by others, and in that sense, it is a prison.

Quotes by Glenn Ligon

I'm not very good at story. In fact, compared to character and language, I barely care about story at all.

Quotes by Glen Duncan

Entering public life as a woman - be it as a politician, journalist, expert or activist - makes you the target of the most sinister threats, abuse and language.

Quotes by Gina Miller

An American customer can book in English all over the world, but also, somebody from Japan or China can book in their own language everywhere. We translate all of our content into these languages, and that's quite unique. We service...

Quotes by Gillian Tans

Any friendship or relationship is about a language.

Quotes by Gina Bellman

Greek was very much a live language, and a language still unconscious of grammar, not, like ours, dominated by definitions and trained upon dictionaries.

Quotes by Gilbert Murray

Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud out, spread into leaves, and become big branches, proliferating.

Quotes by Gilbert Highet

At Ungaro, I discovered the flou and the language of Paris.

Quotes by Giambattista Valli

When I started writing poetry in my senior term of high school - I was sixteen - I felt in touch with a secret language. It gave me a sense of identity. I suddenly discovered I wasn't alone.

Quotes by Gerard Malanga

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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