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Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone.

Albert Einstein

Ever since I was a kid, I just loved those comedians on TV who would just have fun with the language.

Quotes by Alan Rudolph

Well, visual language is another boring discussion about the nature of film.

Quotes by Alan Rudolph

Our government should speak a common language with the American people - plain English.

Quotes by Alan Siegel

In TV, when you come in to direct an episode, you are effectively learning an established language; you then have to try to learn to speak it really well. But on a movie, you are the guy. You are creating...

Quotes by Alan Taylor

I have three tools at my disposal - my whistle, my body language and my talk. It is a question of how I marry them up to try to get the players around to my way of thinking.

Quotes by Alan Lewis

Language comes first. It's not that language grows out of consciousness, if you haven't got language, you can't be conscious.

Quotes by Alan Moore

A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.

Quotes by Alan Perlis

The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited.

Quotes by Alan Kay

I expect that my readers have been to Europe, I expect them to have some feeling for a foreign language, I expect them to have read books - there are a lot of people like that! That's my audience.

Quotes by Alan Furst

It's always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone - sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.

Quotes by Alain Prost

Something I miss terribly from the '60s - the most important phrase in the English language was, 'I got hung up.' Somebody says they got hung up, it's unassailable, you know? You don't go near that. Whoa! I know what...

Quotes by Alan Arkin

My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.

Quotes by Al Pacino

When language is treated beautifully and interestingly, it can feel good for the body: It's nourishing; it's rejuvenating.

Quotes by Aimee Bender

Language is the ticket to plot and character, after all, because both are built out of language.

Quotes by Aimee Bender

For me, Malayalam is a difficult language. It has got a lot of tongue-twisting words.

Quotes by Aishwarya Rajesh

Irrespective of the language and industry, what I seek from a project is good story and role.

Quotes by Aishwarya Rajesh

My father was a teacher of the Russian language and literature in high school.

'Switched at Birth' has an amazing cast, including an Oscar winner and two Emmy nominees. The writing is very innovative, and the show's producers have redefined U.S. TV by launching a mainstream show which includes multiple deaf cast members whose...

Audiences want to watch good films, even if it is dubbed in another language.

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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