“ The downtrodden who are the great creators of slang hurl pithiness and colour at poverty and oppression. Anthony Burgess
“ One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness. Harold Pinter
“ If a conceptual distinction is to be made the machinery for making it ought to show itself in language. If a distinction cannot be made in language it cannot be made conceptually. N. R. Hanson
“ Since the concepts people live by are derived only from perceptions and from language and since the perceptions are received and interpreted only in light of earlier concepts man comes pretty close t… Russell R. W. Smith
“ Many terms which have now dropped out of favour will be revived and those that are at present respectable will drop out if useage so choose with whom resides the decision and the judgment and the c… Horace
“ In the process, what must be spoken meets what cannot be said. Each word is a catalyst, requiring the writer to break out forcefully from another story, from the primitive camp where history, society,… Duo Duo
“ Words - take her with youlet her rest in your rhymesWords - take her awaysomewhere beyond timeWords - ease her breathinglay her softly on the floorthere - let her lingerand listen like ever beforeLeav… Ane Brun
“ Writing poetry is about learning to pare down the poem to the most essential words. Every word used has to be crucial to the poem. Harley King
“ The words a person reads and hears and repeats become his own, enter his verbal storehouse. When needed they become, even if he does not know it, the clothing for the thoughts to which he gives birth. Moshe Seidel
“ When silence greets you, listen for those powerful words lost within the void of reason... Virginia Alison
“ There are thousands of words in the English language for acts of senseless violence, but not one seems to be a contestant when a child dies. Chuck Bridges
“ Words are air currents. You can float or go where every you want if you master the currents Brent M. Jones
“ Talk like an ambassador (Eph 4:29-30). 1)Consider the person ("only what is helpful for building others up")2) Consider the problem ("according to their needs")3) Consider the process ("that it may be… Timothy S. Lane
“ People usually complain that music is so ambiguous, and what they are supposed to think when they hear it is so unclear, while words are understood by everyone. But for me it is exactly the opposite..… Felix Mendelssohn
“ Words are one of the most powerful things given to human beings. In the hands of artists who can use them properly they are like weapons of mass construction. Eric T. Benoit
“ No doubt I shall go on writing, stumbling across tundras of unmeaning, planting words like bloody flags in my wake.... Alexander Trocchi
