2,489 Quotes About Language

Conversation, like good reading, nourishes.

The only justification for the application of NLP patterns is the creation of choice and precisely in the context in which choice presently does not exist.

A Blessing on the PoetsPatient earth-digger, impatient fire-maker,Hungry word-taker and roving sound-lover,Sharer and saver, muser and acher,You who are open to hide or uncover,Time-keeper and –hater, wake-sleeper, sleep-waker;May language’s language, the silence that liesUnder each word, move you over and over,Turning you, wondering, back to surprise.

Never use a big word when a little filthy one will do.

If a mark of affection can sometimes be taken for an insult, perhaps the gesture of love is not universal: it too must be translated from one language to another, must be learned.

We are all potential Dominicis, not as murderers but as accused, deprived of language, or worse, rigged out in that of our accusers, humiliated and condemned by it. To rob a man of his language in the very name of language: this is the first step in all legal murder.

Music is the language of our generation. I want to dosomething more than just perform. I want to give language to what people like us – people with shared experiences – actually feel. Music does that, y’know?

The language of sword is less powerful than the language of word, but most ofthe people understand the language of sword with greater power than thelanguage of word.

Our values are like words of a language that would make no sense to a person who does not know that language, but looks perfectly meaningful to the one who does.