As far as Irish writers being great, I think the fact that there have been two languages in Ireland for a very long time; there has obviously been a shared energy between those two languages.
I want to be able to speak every language. If I could have any talent and I get to choose it, and be naturally gifted and speak every language. It's not going to happen, but it sure would be nice. It's a good wish.
At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language.
I think the most dangerous word in the English language is 'should.' 'I should have done this.' Or 'I should do that.' 'Should' implies responsibility. It connotes demand. Which is just not the case. Life ebbs and flows.
My language is a feel-thinking language, feeling and thinking at once, that is why it is a celebration of life, and at once it is a denunciation of everything that is not allowed in life to be real life, it's plenitude.
It has often been observed that the repercussion of poetic language on prose language can be considered a decisive cut of a whip.
The supposed inferiority of a constructed language to a national one on the score of richness of connotation is, of course, no criticism of the idea of a constructed language.
'I am' is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that 'I do' is the longest sentence?
Two of the saddest words in the English language are, 'What party?' And L.A. is the 'What party?' capital of the world.
There are infinite shadings of light and shadows and colors... it's an extraordinarily subtle language. Figuring out how to speak that language is a lifetime job.
Poetry is the way that we transcend language through language. And thus our freedom lies in the poetry of all things
I came up with new leads for game stories by being observant and clever, by using the many gifts of the English language to intrigue and hook a reader.
It's a difficult competition against silence, because silence is a perfect language, the only language which says with no words.
The symbolic view of things is a consequence of long absorption in images. Is sign language the real language of Paradise?
Morality, like language, is an invented structure for conserving and communicating order. And morality is learned, like language, by mimicking and remembering.
The writer cannot abandon himself simply to inspiration, and feign innocence vis a vis language, because language is never innocent.
Terence Fletcher: There are no two words in the English language more harmful than "good job".
It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling for the things themselves, for reality is more important than the feeling for pictures.
A marvellous power of expression over language often distinguishes genius; but Shakespeare in his phrases seems independent of the bonds of language as of the bonds of metre.
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.
When you're looking at small languages, the population of speakers is so small that there might not be people with the expertise in science or agronomy to write optimal planting strategies for maize in the local language.
