#lang

Anything well written with good language and clarity and honesty is worth doing. It comes out of the same tradition as Shakespeare. ↗

— Michael Moriarty

#clarity #comes #doing #good #honesty

Greek was very much a live language, and a language still unconscious of grammar, not, like ours, dominated by definitions and trained upon dictionaries. ↗

— Gilbert Murray

#dictionaries #dominated #grammar #greek #language

I'd visit the near future, close enough that someone might want to talk to Larry Niven and can figure out the language; distant enough to get me decent medical techniques and a ticket to the Moon. ↗

— Larry Niven

#decent #distant #enough #figure #future

In terms of language, yeah we get bleeped and blurred and things, but in terms of content, I would probably say we're getting away with more here than we could get away with in Britain. And that surprised us so much! ↗

— Graham Norton

#blurred #britain #content #could #get

After an extensive interview he arranged for my weaknesses in foreign languages to be over-looked and so I started a Biology degree at Birmingham in 1967. ↗

— Paul Nurse

#arranged #biology #birmingham #degree #extensive

Apparently Arnold was inspired by President Bush, who proved you can be a successful politician in this country even if English is your second language. ↗

— Conan O'Brien

#arnold #bush #country #english #even

I used some vivid language that, if I could take it back, I'd take it back. It's not my intention to be personally critical of the President or of anyone else. ↗

— Paul O'Neill

#back #could #critical #else #i

I don't know the rules of grammar... If you're trying to persuade people to do something, or buy something, it seems to me you should use their language, the language they use every day, the language in which they think. We try to write in the vernacular. ↗

— David Ogilvy

#day #every #every day #grammar #i

I'm shy, but sometimes my voice is so clear and strong. Your tongue moves, and the Arabic language is so beautiful. ↗

— Hakeem Olajuwon

#beautiful #clear #i #language #moves

I think records and music are more appropriate and more respectful of the human soul than the churches are. And more respectful of the needs of humans to communicate with the aspects of themselves that are neglected by language. ↗

— Will Oldham

#aspects #churches #communicate #human #human soul