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Language Quotes (page 3)

Penelope Lively quote: "Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms."
Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms. Penelope Lively
Language gives a fuller image, which is all the better for beings vague. After all, the true seeing is within; and painting stares at you with an insistent imperfection. I feel that especially about representations of women. As if a woman were a mere colored superficies! You must wait for movement and tone. There is a difference in their very breathing: they change from moment to moment. George Eliot
Language for me narrates the pictures in my mind. When I work on designing livestock equipment I can test run that equipment in my head like 3-D virtual reality. In fact, when I was in college I used to think that everybody was able to do that. Temple Grandin
William Golding quote: "Language fits over experience like a straight-jacket."
Language fits over experience like a straight-jacket. William Golding
William Gibson quote: "Language is to the mind more than light is to the eye."
Language is to the mind more than light is to the eye. William Gibson
Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity. Gustave Flaubert
Sergei Eisenstein quote: "Language is much closer to film than painting is."
Language is much closer to film than painting is. Sergei Eisenstein
Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt quote: "Language makes infinite use of finite media."
Language makes infinite use of finite media. Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt
Humphry Davy quote: "Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and..."
Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking. Humphry Davy
John McCarthy quote: "Language is froth on the surface of thought."
Language is froth on the surface of thought. John McCarthy
Language can only deal meaningfully with a special, restricted segment of reality. The rest, and it is presumably the much larger part, is silence. George Steiner
Kenneth L. Pike quote: "Language is a tool adequate to provide any degree of precision..."
Language is a tool adequate to provide any degree of precision relevant to a particular situation. Kenneth L. Pike
Language is not merely a set of unrelated sounds, clauses, rules, and meanings; it is a total coherent system of these integrating with each other, and with behavior, context, universe of discourse, and observer perspective. Kenneth L. Pike
Virginia Woolf quote: "Language is wine upon the lips."
Language is wine upon the lips. Virginia Woolf
Oliver Wendell Holmes quote: "Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and..."
Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow. Oliver Wendell Holmes

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