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Language Quotes

Change is legitimate and inevitable, for our language is a mighty river, picking up silt and flotsam here and discarding it there, but growing ever wider and richer Picture Quote #1

Words are to be taken seriously. I try to take seriously acts of language. Words set things in motion. I’ve seen them doing it. Words set up atmospheres, electrical fields, charges Picture Quote #1

There is a loving way with words and an unloving way. And it is only with the loving way that the simplicity of language becomes beautiful Picture Quote #1

The translator, a lonely sort of acrobat, becomes confused in a labyrinth of paradox, or climbs a pyramid of dependent clauses and has to invent a way down from it in his own language Picture Quote #1

I realized with grief that purposeless activities in language arts are probably the burial grounds of language development and that coffins can be found in most classrooms, including mine Picture Quote #1

The language of labels is like paper money, issued irresponsibly, with nothing of intrinsic value behind it, that is, with no effort of the intelligence to see, to really apprehend Picture Quote #1

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Our language, one of our most precious natural resources, deserves at least as much protection as our woodlands, streams and whooping cranes Picture Quote #1

However great one’s gift of language may be, there is always something that one cannot tell Picture Quote #1

Consider the way you speak and your use of language; it’s a reflection of your warrior spirit Picture Quote #1

I think communication starts when words are not present at all... I think we put so much emphasis on language, actually silence is so much more important Picture Quote #1

As our dreams make evident, the psyche’s own language is that of image, and not idea Picture Quote #1

We all laugh and cough with the same language and will die with the same language as well! Picture Quote #1

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Yes, the mistrust of poetry has a long history, for a variety of reasons, but they all come down to sentiment and invention over fact and truth. Figurative language is suspicious Picture Quote #1

The basic agreement between human beings, indeed what makes them human and makes them social, is language Picture Quote #1

Language, journalism, food, sex. All is politics. Even innocent love stories are politics.... There is no such thing as neutrality Picture Quote #1

Music alone can abolish differences of language or culture between two people and evoke something indestructible within them Picture Quote #1

Doesn’t matter what language you speak or what clothes you wear. Some things don’t change. Families. Friends. Lovers. They’re the same in every city in every country in every continent of the world Picture Quote #1

Musicians can travel all over the world and have an audience, because there’s no language barrier Picture Quote #1

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Not being categorized is like keeping your mouth shut. Categorization is linguistic, people trying to understand each other. Words are misty, language is a fog. I want to be in as many boxes as possible, describe myself as thickly as possible Picture Quote #1

I am a writer, I deal in words. There is no word that should stay in word jail, every word is completely free. There is no word that is worse than another word. It’s all language, it’s all communication Picture Quote #1

I like to flip through play scripts, not just my own; there is something exciting about seeing printed language on a page that triggers responses in me Picture Quote #1

Put a symbol, or language of some sort, in a painting and it will be noticed by the viewer whether or not they can read that particular language Picture Quote #1

Life is not all high emotion. Some of the most interesting things are when its not highly emotional: little details of relationships and body language Picture Quote #1

I consider myself a pretty good conversationalist, but you wind up being downgraded to idiot status when you don’t speak the language! Picture Quote #1

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While some of my closest friends were jocks, it seemed that they spoke a different language with each other. Joining in their conversation was fraught with risk Picture Quote #1

I can use movie as a language. Not only could it send a good message, I could let people know about my thinking and how I see the world, how I see the colour, how I see the music, how I see everything Picture Quote #1

Music is thousands and thousands of years old and I don’t think that basic, primitive connection to the language of music ever changes Picture Quote #1

If there’s one thing consistent about language it is that it is constantly changing. The only languages that do not change are those whose speakers are dead Picture Quote #1

I keep thinking, we teach children to use language to solve their disputes. We teach them not to hit and fight and bite. Then look what adults do! Picture Quote #1

A name is precious; it carries inside it a language, a history, a set of traditions, a particular way of looking at the world. Losing it meant losing my ties to all those things too Picture Quote #1

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Change is legitimate and inevitable, for our language is a mighty river, picking up silt and flotsam here and discarding it there, but growing ever wider and richer (Language Quotes) Words are to be taken seriously. I try to take seriously acts of language. Words set things in motion. I’ve seen them doing it. Words set up atmospheres, electrical fields, charges (Language Quotes) There is a loving way with words and an unloving way. And it is only with the loving way that the simplicity of language becomes beautiful (Language Quotes) The translator, a lonely sort of acrobat, becomes confused in a labyrinth of paradox, or climbs a pyramid of dependent clauses and has to invent a way down from it in his own language (Language Quotes) I realized with grief that purposeless activities in language arts are probably the burial grounds of language development and that coffins can be found in most classrooms, including mine (Language Quotes) The language of labels is like paper money, issued irresponsibly, with nothing of intrinsic value behind it, that is, with no effort of the intelligence to see, to really apprehend (Language Quotes) Our language, one of our most precious natural resources, deserves at least as much protection as our woodlands, streams and whooping cranes (Language Quotes) However great one’s gift of language may be, there is always something that one cannot tell (Language Quotes) Consider the way you speak and your use of language; it’s a reflection of your warrior spirit (Language Quotes) I think communication starts when words are not present at all... I think we put so much emphasis on language, actually silence is so much more important (Language Quotes) As our dreams make evident, the psyche’s own language is that of image, and not idea (Language Quotes) We all laugh and cough with the same language and will die with the same language as well! (Language Quotes) Yes, the mistrust of poetry has a long history, for a variety of reasons, but they all come down to sentiment and invention over fact and truth. Figurative language is suspicious (Language Quotes) The basic agreement between human beings, indeed what makes them human and makes them social, is language (Language Quotes) Language, journalism, food, sex. All is politics. Even innocent love stories are politics.... There is no such thing as neutrality (Language Quotes) Music alone can abolish differences of language or culture between two people and evoke something indestructible within them (Language Quotes) Doesn’t matter what language you speak or what clothes you wear. Some things don’t change. Families. Friends. Lovers. They’re the same in every city in every country in every continent of the world (Language Quotes) Musicians can travel all over the world and have an audience, because there’s no language barrier (Language Quotes) Not being categorized is like keeping your mouth shut. Categorization is linguistic, people trying to understand each other. Words are misty, language is a fog. I want to be in as many boxes as possible, describe myself as thickly as possible (Language Quotes) I am a writer, I deal in words. There is no word that should stay in word jail, every word is completely free. There is no word that is worse than another word. It’s all language, it’s all communication (Language Quotes) I like to flip through play scripts, not just my own; there is something exciting about seeing printed language on a page that triggers responses in me (Language Quotes) Put a symbol, or language of some sort, in a painting and it will be noticed by the viewer whether or not they can read that particular language (Language Quotes) Life is not all high emotion. Some of the most interesting things are when its not highly emotional: little details of relationships and body language (Language Quotes) I consider myself a pretty good conversationalist, but you wind up being downgraded to idiot status when you don’t speak the language! (Language Quotes) While some of my closest friends were jocks, it seemed that they spoke a different language with each other. Joining in their conversation was fraught with risk (Language Quotes) I can use movie as a language. Not only could it send a good message, I could let people know about my thinking and how I see the world, how I see the colour, how I see the music, how I see everything (Language Quotes) Music is thousands and thousands of years old and I don’t think that basic, primitive connection to the language of music ever changes (Language Quotes) If there’s one thing consistent about language it is that it is constantly changing. The only languages that do not change are those whose speakers are dead (Language Quotes) I keep thinking, we teach children to use language to solve their disputes. We teach them not to hit and fight and bite. Then look what adults do! (Language Quotes) A name is precious; it carries inside it a language, a history, a set of traditions, a particular way of looking at the world. Losing it meant losing my ties to all those things too (Language Quotes)

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