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Language Quotes SMS
For i am a bear of very
For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me. ~Winnie…
Swearing was invented as a compromise between
Swearing was invented as a compromise between running away and fighting. ~Peter Finley Dunne, Mr….
English is a funny language that explains
English is a funny language; that explains why we park our car on the driveway…
When a german dives into sentence you
When a German dives into a sentence, you won’t see him again until he emerges…
Our major obligation is not to mistake
Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions. ~Edward R. Murrow
br / “Seize the day” drains dignity from “Carpe diem.” ~Willis
“Seize the day” drains dignity from “Carpe diem.” ~Willis Goth Regier, Quotology, p.17, about translation
There is a certain age at which
There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness…
Learning preserves the errors of past as
Learning preserves the errors of the past, as well as its wisdom. For this reason,…
A definition is the enclosing a wilderness
A definition is the enclosing a wilderness of idea within a wall of words. ~Samuel…
Its a strange world of language in
It’s a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you…
The great enemy of clear language is
The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s…
Language forces us to perceive the world
Language forces us to perceive the world as man presents it to us. ~Julia Penelope
The ancient mariner would not have taken
The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The…
Man is a creature who lives not
Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords. ~Robert…
Lets not become so worried about offending
Let’s not become so worried about not offending anybody that we lose the ability to…
Thanks to words we have been able
Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to…
The english language is nobodys special property
The English language is nobody’s special property. It is the property of the imagination: it…
Dictionaries are like watches the worst is
Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be…
Language is the blood of soul into
Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which…
Be not the slave of words thomas
Be not the slave of Words. ~Thomas Carlyle, Sartor Resartus, Book I, chapter 8BMC
If a language is corruptible then constitution
If a language is corruptible, then a constitution written in that language is corruptible. ~Robert…
Theres always something that you cant pin
There’s always something that you can’t pin down with words. Words fall flat all the…
Any noun can be verbed variation of
Any noun can be verbed ~Variation of a saying by Alan J. Perlis (see below)
Language ought to be the joint creation
Language ought to be the joint creation of poets and manual workers. ~George Orwell
At no time is freedom of speech
At no time is freedom of speech more precious than when a man hits his…
The existing phrasebooks are inadequate they well
The existing phrasebooks are inadequate. They are well enough as far as they go, but…
Verbing weirds language bill watterson calvin and
Verbing weirds language. ~Bill Watterson, Calvin and HobbesTPV
One mans frankness is another vulgarity kevin
One man’s frankness is another man’s vulgarity. ~Kevin Smith
W double u has of all the
W (double U) has, of all the letters in our alphabet, the only cumbrous name,…
Lymph v to walk with a lisp
Lymph, v.: to walk with a lisp. ~From a Washington Post reader submission word contest
Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne
Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne. ~Quentin Crisp
Sometimes its just a short swim from
Sometimes it’s just a short swim from the shipwreck of your life to the island…
Our language is funny a fat
Our language is funny – a fat chance and slim chance are the same thing. …
Any man who does not make himself
Any man who does not make himself proficient in at least two languages other than…
Learn a new language and get soul
Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
Words like nature half reveal and conceal
Words, like Nature, half reveal And half conceal the Soul within. ~Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "Im…
Sarcasm i now see to be in
Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the Devil; for which…