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A child raised on a desert island, alone, without social interaction, without language, and thus lacking empathy, is still a sentient being.

Quotes by Daniel Dennett

Words have a genealogy and it's easier to trace the evolution of a single word than the evolution of a language.

Quotes by Daniel Dennett

A playlist can be very versatile, almost like a programming language.

Quotes by Daniel Ek

Language is possible due to a number of cognitive and physical characteristics that are unique to humans but none of which that are unique to language. Coming together they make language possible. But the fundamental building block of language is...

Quotes by Daniel Everett

Humans are a social species more than any other, and in order to build a community, which for some reason humans have to do in order to live, we have to solve the communication problem. Language is the tool that...

Quotes by Daniel Everett

There are very few places in the world where you have to learn a language with no language in common. It's called a monolingual field situation.

Quotes by Daniel Everett

How emigration is actually lived - well, this depends on many factors: education, economic station, language, where one lands, and what support network is in place at the site of arrival.

Quotes by Daniel Alarcon

When I was younger, I was able to write with music playing in the background, but these days, I can't. I find it distracting. Even when the music is just instrumental or has lyrics in a language I don't understand,...

Quotes by Daniel Alarcon

I write in English because I was raised in the States and educated in this language.

Quotes by Daniel Alarcon

When I started writing seriously in high school, English was the language I had at my disposal - my Spanish was domestic, colloquial, and not particularly literary or sophisticated.

Quotes by Daniel Alarcon

Most of the dramatism in Wagner comes from a very close link between the music and the language of the text. So much of the expressivity of Wagner's music dramas comes from the singers' capacity to play with the sound...

Quotes by Daniel Barenboim

I try to write about how we live today, how we use language, technology, our bodies.

Quotes by Dana Spiotta

One of my big philosophies is that fighting is the sport that crosses all borders. I don't care what color you are, what country you come from or what language you speak, fighting is in our DNA. We get it...

Quotes by Dana White

TPP replicates similar language from past trade agreements that has allowed foreign corporations the right to challenge U.S. federal, state, and local laws outside of American courts. These tribunals will not meet our high standard of transparency and due process,...

Quotes by Dan Lipinski

I love to laugh, it's my main thing. I love to abuse the English language.

Quotes by Dan Fogelberg

When I recorded my solo album, 'Keep It Hid,' in 2008, I'd gotten more interested in songwriting, inspired by reading Charles Bukowski and connecting with unfancy, interesting language.

Quotes by Dan Auerbach

I hadn't seen that many movies that really go deep enough into the fears of playing music or the language that musicians can use to treat each other or, like, the way that you can see it dehumanize and the...

Quotes by Damien Chazelle

Math is my favorite subject. It's the universal language. I like the fact that wherever you go in the whole world, two plus two will still be four.

Quotes by Dakota Blue Richards

I would like to reach out to the global audience; Music is beyond all the culture and language barriers.

Quotes by D. Imman

I want to go to a country where I don't speak the language. I want to be lost in translation.

Quotes by Cyrille Aimee

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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