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We need to keep switching up the language around climate change.

Quotes by Cate Blanchett

I have no idea what it would be like to be just one thing and speak one language. I feel enormously privileged to travel and be able to mingle and speak to people that, had I only known English, I...

Quotes by Cary Fukunaga

The Hawaiian language needs to be studied globally as a language of life.

Quotes by Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

I ended up doing four or five plays in college and being an English major with my thesis in language acquisition, which I was planning to study in graduate school.

Quotes by Carrie Coon

Two of the saddest words in the English language are, 'What party?' And L.A. is the 'What party?' capital of the world.

Quotes by Carrie Fisher

There should be no doubt about my commitment to responding to questions from reporters in the same language that the question is asked.

Quotes by Carrie Lam

While men's rights are guaranteed by specific language in the Constitution, women's equal rights aren't mentioned.

Quotes by Carolyn Maloney

One of the greatest gifts my brother and I received from my mother was her love of literature and language. With their boundless energy, libraries open the door to these worlds and so many others. I urge young and old...

Quotes by Caroline Kennedy

I just started studying opera - very, very much as hobby - and for some reason I've been gravitating toward French composers, like a lot of Debussy and Faure. I find it a really sinuous and spooky language to sing...

Quotes by Caroline Polachek

Subversive language, however, must be constantly reinvented, because it is continually being co-opted by the powerful.

Quotes by Carol P. Christ

Words are our life. We are human because we use language. So I think we are less human when we use less language.

Quotes by Carol Shields

Language and written language are the only real way we have to see inside another person's thoughts and to know what makes another person human. Without writing, we just wouldn't have that kind of access.

Quotes by Carol Windley

Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings.

Quotes by Carol Ann Duffy

The poem is a form of texting... it's the original text. It's a perfecting of a feeling in language - it's a way of saying more with less, just as texting is.

Quotes by Carol Ann Duffy

The poem is the literary form of the 21st century. It's able to connect young people in a deep way to language... it's language as play.

Quotes by Carol Ann Duffy

I've never understood the use of vulgar language, but the definition of 'risque' is open to interpretation. I suppose I did many things in my shows that could be considered risque... at the time... right up until my 90s.

Quotes by Carol Channing

The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is a metaphor, not just for books but for ideas, for language, for knowledge, for beauty, for all the things that make us human, for collecting memory.

Quotes by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

My childhood was surrounded by books and writing. From a very early age I was fascinated by storytelling, by the printed word, by language, by ideas. So I would seek them out.

Quotes by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I realised a long time ago that instrumental music speaks a lot more clearly than English, Spanish, Yiddish, Swahili, any other language. Pure melody goes outside time.

Quotes by Carlos Santana

You have to do your talking on the pitch. I don't talk much in England - mainly because of the language.

Quotes by Carlos Tevez

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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