#language

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

#language #larger #meaningfully #much #only

Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we use those languages, or we remain mute. ↗

— J. G. Ballard

#dictate #either #extent #increasing #languages

The threads of malice creeping toward him from Beloved's side of the table were held harmless in the warmth of Sethe's smile. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#imagery #beauty

Language is a part of our organism and no less complicated than it. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#language #less #organism #our #part

95% on content and the computer language remains the same. ↗

— Steve McConnell

#content #language #remains #same

What gives it its human character is that the individual through language addresses himself in the role of the others in the group and thus becomes aware of them in his own conduct. ↗

— George H. Mead

#becomes #character #conduct #gives #group

When Toots finally could breathe again and the blood returned to his brain, he recalled that he had not passed or been passed by Jackie at any time in the race. Toots never used foul language but he came close that night. Jackie paid. ↗

— Audrey Meadows

#any #been #blood #brain #breathe

We are all members of a single humanity, inside our hearts we all speak the same language, we all love our children and our parents, we all live in the same world. ↗

— Marc Forne Molne

#hearts #humanity #inside #language #live

I've had a fair amount of experience with snakes, and I find them to be pretty honest in terms of how you read their body language and emotions. They'll tell you when they're grumpy. They'll tell you when they're okay. ↗

— Dominic Monaghan

#body #body language #emotions #experience #fair

Well, I like how people talk. I like language. You know, Linda Richman spoke in Yiddish. ↗

— Mike Myers

#i #know #language #like #linda