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Language Quotes

The words we reach for, and the ones we lack.

This set explores where language falls short, from the struggle to describe atomic structure in everyday words to a preference for scientific clarity over diplomatic phrasing. It connects to our More quotes on related themes of expression.

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I discovered how science is truly a universal language, one that forges new connections among individuals and opens the mind to ideas that go far beyond the classroom.

Quotes by Ahmed Zewail

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We might possess every technological resource... but if our language is inadequate, our vision remains formless, our thinking and feeling are still running in the old cycles, our process may be 'revolutionary' but not transformative.

Quotes by Adrienne Rich

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Many scholars are not used to perceiving natural knowledge expressed in mythological language. If the study of fossils was not mentioned by Aristotle or Thucydides, and it wasn't, then it just didn't exist for many classicists and ancient historians.

Quotes by Adrienne Mayor

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I use the language I use to my friends. They wouldn't believe me if I used some high-flown literary language. I want them to believe me.

Quotes by Adrian Mitchell

Like Quotes

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My dad taught me that language was a powerful tool.

Quotes by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

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The course that I have uniformly pursued, ever since I became a missionary, has been rather peculiar. In order to become an acceptable and eloquent preacher in a foreign language, I deliberately abjured my own. When I crossed the river,...

Quotes by Adoniram Judson

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I don't think art is bound by language or country.

Quotes by Aditi Rao Hydari

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The whole point of creativity is that it has no boundaries of language, region, and age.

Quotes by Aditi Rao Hydari

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During my career I've come back to clubs after the summer break to see one of my team-mates not really at it because he's been denied a move to a bigger club for whatever reason, and you can see in...

Quotes by Adebayo Akinfenwa

Love Quotes

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So much of the language that surrounds us - from things like economics, management theory, and the algorithms built into computer systems - appears to be objective and neutral. But in fact, it is loaded with powerful, and very debatable,...

Quotes by Adam Curtis

One entry marvels at how much vocabulary Shakespeare drew on compared to an average speaker, a theme also touched on in our Love quotes, while a closing line on wanting fluency in a technical craft links to Like quotes.