#language

The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words in their original sense; especially words from the ancient languages. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#being #especially #incomprehensible #languages #method

There was no language barrier when it came to kids, and when it came to play. ↗

— Connie Sellecca

#came #kids #language #play

I have set out to change the language of the international system. ↗

— Clare Short

#i #international #language #national system #out

I became aware that all sounds can make meaningful language. ↗

— Karlheinz Stockhausen

#became #i #language #make #meaningful

While I admire the insights of many of the people in the world of computing, I get this cold feeling that I speak a different language. ↗

— Clifford Stoll

#cold #computing #different #different language #feeling

Stay away from restaurants that have menus in five languages. That's always a tourist trap. You want to eat where the locals eat. ↗

— Curtis Stone

#away #eat #five #languages #locals

It's important to me to work in my own language now and then. I love English, but you can never learn to master a foreign language if you're not brought up with it. ↗

— Max von Sydow

#english #foreign #foreign language #i #i love

I think English is a fantastic, rich and musical language, but of course your mother tongue is the most important for an actor. ↗

— Max von Sydow

#course #english #fantastic #i #i think

The idea of working with Steven Spielberg was very attractive. He's such a master. He knows the language of the camera and of filmmaking, which gives him a great freedom. ↗

— Max von Sydow

#camera #filmmaking #freedom #gives #great

In the language of poetry, where every word is weighed, nothing is usual or normal. Not a single stone and not a single cloud above it. Not a single day and not a single night after it. And above all, not a single existence, not anyone's existence in this world. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#after #anyone #cloud #day #every