Best 3547 quotes in «language quotes» category

The film language is still in development and the traditional dialogue is the biggest problem because nobody knows how to interpret it in 3D world.

The finest command of language is often shown by saying nothing.

The first rule of translation: make sure you know at least one of the bloody languages!

The fixation of the theater in one language--written words, music, lights, noises--betokens its imminent ruin.

The formation of different languages and of distinct species and the proofs that both have been developed through a gradual process, are curiously parallel.

The form language used by the ancient Egyptians in their structures is minimal.

The force of a language does not consist of rejecting what is foreign but of swallowing it.

The foreign-language Oscar is something that doesn't go to the producer or the director; it goes to the country.

The four sweetest words in the English language — 'You wore me down.'

The French just said he was a damned nuisance. Or they would have had they the good fortune to speak English. Instead being French they were forced to say it in their own language.

The French verb aimer has two meanings. And that’s why he liked her, and loved her. She spoke to him in a language that, no matter how hard you studied it, could not be completely understood.

The game asks that you work to improve, that you put something into it, and that you also give something back to it. The game is universal. It is a language that unites all of us.

The German language is the organ among the languages.

The gentleman is generous and treats all men as his equals, especially those whom he feels to be inferior in rank and wealth.

The gift of language is the single human trait that marks us all genetically, setting us apart from the rest of life.

The globalized environment where speaking a lot of languages is rewarded and getting access to learning materials is easier. A talent for massive language learning has not been supported by the environment until very recently, so this is a phenomenon that is going to become more common and more visible.

The great arbiters of language are the women who speak it in the presence of children... What the women pass on to the next generation is "right" and what they do not bother to pass on to their children sooner or later becomes "wrong.

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity.

The greatest single programming language ever designed

The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language

The habits and language of clandestinity can intoxicate even its own practitioners.

The Greeks distinguished between good and bad behavior, language that enhanced or diminished persons. Being intoxicated with scientism, we fail to recognize that the seemingly technical terms used to identify psychiatric illnesses and interventions are simply dyphemisms and euphemisms.

The habit of pleasing by flattery makes a language soft; the fear of offending by truth makes it circuitous and conventional.

The head cannot take in more than the seat can endure.

The Holy Spirit speaks many languages; among them the languages of art in all its forms.

The highest thoughts are those which are least dependent on language, and the dignity of any composition and praise to which it is entitled are in exact proportion to its dependency of language or expression.

The human need for language is not simply for the transmission of meaning, it is at the same time listening to and affirming a person's existence.

The human language, as precise as it is with its thousands of words, can still be so wonderfully vague.

The idea of morphology of languages is something that I'm really interested in.

The idea of morphology of languages is something that I'm really interested in. How does German turn to Dutch, and how does Dutch turn to Anglo-Saxon and eventually English? Morphology is actually taking place through things like Twitter or GChat today, where we're changing how things are spelled, and those spellings are accepted as standard now. Morphology happens over time. It's not necessarily a bad thing.

The idea that language can be recombined to create new forms, new things, is of course very old in poetry.

The Indian struggle is not anti-British, it is anti-exploitation, anti-foreign rule, not anti-foreigners.

The images, the language, of pornography, and romance are alike; monotonous and mechanically seductive, quickly leading to despair.

The importance of an artist is to be measured by the quantity of new signs which he has introduced to the language of art.

The individual's whole experience is built upon the plan of his language.

the intermittent breeze carried her scent to me again and again , singing in another language of memories from another form .

The internet is an amazing medium for languages.

The images of peace are ephemeral. The language of peace is subtle. The reasons for peace, the definitions of peace, the very idea of peace have to be invented, and invented again

The important thing is to be able to understand anyone who has something useful to say. - There is a general moral here. Be very careful and very clear about what you say. But do not be dogmatic about your own language. Be prepared to express any careful thought in the language your audience will understand. And be prepared to learn from someone who talks a language with which you are not familiar.

The issues of poetry, and music, and dialogue with one another is the essential thrust of any song. The breakdown becomes the epoch, the language, the cultural tapestry from which it's echoing, if you will. I often say it's the eyes of the poet's and the ears of the composer's. This narration is what fascinates me endlessly.

The jargon of authenticity ... is a trademark of societalized chosenness, ... sub-language as superior language.

The Kurds know that they won't achieve their own state by force of arms but through international recognition. And they have certainly heard what the German foreign minister said in connection with the arms deliveries: There is no Kurdish state. But that shouldn't prevent the Kurds from continuing to develop their own institutions. Still, the best thing for them would be to remain a part of Iraq, but in return we must treat them with respect - their nationality, their language and their culture.

The language in New Mexico is very different. At first when you hear the speech here, you don't really know what to do with it, but then I just went with it, because as a writer as well as a translator I do believe that translated words are not different names for the same thing. They're different names for different things. I tried to stay as true as I could, so I used Ruben Cobos' dictionary of Southwestern Spanish, and when I went into Spanish I never assumed the word I would use would be the word a nuevomexicano would use.

The Language Laboratory at Cambridge is a very good way of finding out about grammar and the vocabulary and that's why I learned to read German and later on I added Spanish, the standard European languages.

The language must be careful and must appear effortless. It must not sweat. It must suggest and be provocative at the same time.

The language of film is further and further away from the language of theater, and is closer to music. It’s abstract but still narrative. Everything feels less rehearsed. It’s more experimental than classical.

The language of men was involved with only one hemisphere in order to leave the other free for the language of the gods.

The language of music is common to all generations and nations; it is understood by everybody, since it is understood with the heart.

The language of poetry is not stuck in place. Nothing can own language. I think, however, the genre of poetry itself is very feminine and motherly.

The language of religion can alone suit every situation and every mode of feeling.