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Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

by Anna Jameson Found in: Language Quotes,
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All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.

All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.

by Antonin Artaud Found in: Language Quotes,
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Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.

Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Language Quotes,
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Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought.

Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought.

by Elizabeth Bowen Found in: Language Quotes,
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The secret of language is the secret of sympathy and its full charm is possible only to the gentle.

The secret of language is the secret of sympathy and its full charm is possible only to the gentle.

by John Ruskin Found in: Language Quotes,
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I can remember the lush spring excitement of language in childhood. Sitting in church, rolling it around my mouth like read more

I can remember the lush spring excitement of language in childhood. Sitting in church, rolling it around my mouth like marbles--tabernacle and pharisee and parable, tresspass and Babylon and covenant.

by Penelope Lively Found in: Language Quotes,
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Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

by William Butler Yeats Found in: Language Quotes,
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Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

by Edgar Allan Poe Found in: Language Quotes,
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Language is memory and metaphor.

Language is memory and metaphor.

by Storm Jameson Found in: Language Quotes,
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