#language

It is a most disgraceful shame the way in which Irishmen are brought up. They are ashamed of their language, institutions, and of everything Irish. ↗

— Douglas Hyde

#brought #disgraceful #everything #institutions #irish

The Actor, noticing a closed bookshop, dismounted from the horse which he tied to a street lamp. He woke up the bookseller and bought a Spanish grammar and dictionary. He set out again across town marveling at the way that the words of the foreign language were freshly gathered fruits and not old and dry. They touched the senses marvelously, new like young beggars who accost you, not yet words but the every things they designate, happily running naked before being clothed again in abstraction. ↗

— Georges Limbour

#words #design

Do not be troubled for a language, cultivate your soul and she will show herself. ↗

— Eugene Delacroix

#herself #language #she #show #soul

He who does not love his own language is worse than an animal and smelly fish. ↗

— Jose Rizal

#does #fish #his #language #love

The Bible was written in several languages, embraces many literary forms, and reflects cultures very different from our own. These are important considerations for properly understanding the Bible in its context. ↗

— Troy Perry

#considerations #context #cultures #different #embraces

They place great stress on the clarity of our language for expressing nuances and showing subtleties. ↗

— Bernard Pivot

#expressing #great #language #nuances #our

Of course language manifests a belief only if we use its words with the implied acceptance of their appositeness. ↗

— Michael Polanyi

#belief #course #implied #language #manifests

I look for poetry in English because it's the only language I read. ↗

— Jack Prelutsky

#english #i #language #look #only

The process of filmmaking is very musical, you get into the rhythm and the rhythmics of how someone is, especially with Woody Allen who is very much into body language and body movement. ↗

— Charlotte Rampling

#body #body language #especially #filmmaking #get

So, not for lack of love of language, but because I feel our language is in an enormous state of humiliation, I decided to make films without words. ↗

— Godfrey Reggio

#decided #enormous #feel #films #humiliation