Quotes about Language
Almost anything can be funny if said the right way - but it has to be said the right way.
— Kevin Hart
Listen to your life. Listen to what happens to you because it is through what happens to you that God speaks... It's in language that's not always easy to decipher, but it's there, powerfully, memorably, unforgettably.
— Frederick Buechner
Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
— Abbie Hoffman
Music therapy was so important in the early stages of my recovery because it can help retrain different parts of your brain to form language centers in areas where they weren't before you were injured.
— Gabrielle Giffords
A programming language is for thinking about programs, not for expressing programs you've already thought of. It should be a pencil, not a pen.
— Paul Graham
Where do the words go when we have said them?
— Margaret Atwood
But the adjectives change," said Jimmy. "Nothing's worse than last year's adjectives.
— Margaret Atwood
Things written down can cause a great deal of harm. All too often, people don't consider that.
— Margaret Atwood
I already told you," said Adam. "There is no need to swear." "Sorry, it just fucking slipped out," said Zeb.
— Margaret Atwood
Translation was never possible. Instead there was always only conquest, the influx of the language of hard nouns, the language of metal, the language of either/or, the one language that has eaten all the others.
— Margaret Atwood
What's the difference between vision and a vision? The former relates to something it's assumed you've seen, the latter to something it's assumed you haven't. Language is not always dependable either.
— Margaret Atwood
He has something we don't have, he has the word.
— Margaret Atwood