Dan Quayle Quotes

According to my wife, my use of vocabulary is wide and varied.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

There was a time when liberals were linguistically dominant in America.

I would like to admit the clear error I made in front of all Spanish citizens

Language and identity are so fundamentally intertwined. You peel back all the layers in terms of what we wear and what we eat and all the things that mark us, and in the end, what we have are our words.

All people in the world - who are not hermits or mutes - speak words. They speak different languages, but they speak words. They say, "How are you" or "I'm not feeling well" all over the world. These common words - these common elements that we have between us - the writer has to take some verbs and nouns and pronouns and adjectives and adverbs and arrange them in a way that sound fresh.

Language is the crowning achievement of human beings, and that is something Muslims have always known and revered. We are a literate people whose miracle is a Book from an unlettered man, peace and blessings be upon him, who was the most articulate and eloquent human being who ever lived. We honor our Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in honoring language that he loved so much and used so well.

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When a person has an accent, it means he can speak one more language than you

I'm very concerned with questions of language. This is what I think of when I think of myself as a writer: I'm someone who writes sentences and paragraphs. I think of the sentence - not only what it shares but, in a sense, what it looks like. I like to match words not only in a way that convey a meaning, possibly an indirect meaning, but even at times words that have a kind of visual correspondence.

Smaller incidents in my life made me realize that language, even more than color, defines who you are to people.

In English every word can be verbed.

I'm no linguist, but I have been told that in the Russian language, there isn't even a word for freedom.

The tongue of man is a twisty thing, there are plenty of words there of every kind.

You say in life, mistakes are many. How come you never admit to any?

Language is, without a doubt, the most momentous and at the same time the most mysterious product of the human mind.

Words. I had always loved them. I collected them, like I had collected pretty stones as a child. I liked to roll words over my tongue like a lump of molten honeycomb, savouring the sweetness, the crackle, the crunch.

A language is a map of our failures

Only one thing remained reachable, close and secure amid all losses: language. Yes, language. In spite of everything, it remained secure against loss.

It is better to point out your own mistakes than have somebody else do it.

When a leader takes responsibility for his own actions and mistakes, he not only sets a good example, he shows a healthy respect for people on his team

I write. I have read a great deal. I enjoy books. I like the wit of languages. Even French I like. I like to be able to think in different modes. I like to be able to use the language a great deal and carry on rehearsals in French.

Language is our way of communicating what we want and who we are.

You need to accept responsibility for your mistakes. And I've done that.

You can't eat language but it eases thirst.