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It probably helps that my background is in the sciences and I can speak the scientists' language.

Quotes by David Chalmers

My suggestion is that at each state the proper order of operation of the mind requires an overall grasp of what is generally known, not only in formal logical, mathematical terms, but also intuitively, in images, feelings, poetic usage of...

Quotes by David Bohm

I don't have time for language poetry anymore. I don't want to throw people off anymore.

Quotes by David Berman

Japanese is a very difficult language.

Quotes by David Anders

You pay your money, you take your choice. I get the audience my language attracts and I lose the ones it repels.

Quotes by David Antin

From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us.

Quotes by David Antin

The language you are about to hear... is disturbing.

Quotes by Dave Chappelle

I grew up in Indianapolis, Ind., then a conservative, provincial city. Anglophilia was the first foreign language I was exposed to. Or maybe it was a way of one-upping the local white people. Or maybe it was an early manifestation...

Quotes by Darryl Pinckney

I think music is another language.

Quotes by Dar Williams

Simply because you're a Democrat doesn't mean you can't speak to these issues in language that appeals to voters, particularly independent voters.

Quotes by Dannel Malloy

I consider social skills a bit like learning a language. I've been practising it for so long over so many years I've almost lost my accent.

Quotes by Daniel Tammet

The way that I approached numbers, think about them, the same as for language as well-acquiring vocabulary, understanding the grammar, the structures of languages, the rhythm, the music and so-on - these things obviously evolved.

Quotes by Daniel Tammet

If when we are taught English we are just taught the rules of grammar, it would take all our love of our language away from us. What makes us love a subject like English is when we learn all these...

Quotes by Daniel Tammet

Every culture has contributed to maths just as it has contributed to literature. It's a universal language; numbers belong to everyone.

Quotes by Daniel Tammet

I always gravitate towards anything from Ireland. With Irish lit, I love the use of language, but also in many instances, the Irish writers are writing about people and circumstances that I can relate to.

Quotes by Daniel Woodrell

I came from doing Wushu and other martial arts, and then I got into movies, and I had to learn that as well - the language of martial arts movie fighting. It's a different thing; it's a different kind of...

Quotes by Daniel Wu

I go to Uganda, I can't speak the language. In India, I'm black. In the black community, I'm dark-skinned. In America, I'm British.

Quotes by Daniel Kaluuya

What music is better able to do than language is to represent the complexity of human emotional states.

Quotes by Daniel Levitin

When you start writing a picture book, you have to write a manuscript that has enough language to prompt the illustrator to get his or her gears running, but then you end up having to cut it out because you...

Quotes by Daniel Handler

In my experience, Eurosceptics are likelier to have lived abroad and to have entered fully into other cultures than Euro-enthusiasts, many of whom seem to have latched on to the E.U. as a way of compensating for their poor language...

Quotes by Daniel Hannan

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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