Jean Rostand Quotes

I want people to make sense of what I'm talking about.

I'm here to make sense.

I have no message.

I have never had a problem with people not being able to understand the words and the meanings in Titus.

Then you should say what you mean," the March Hare went on. "I do," Alice hastily replied; "at least--at least I mean what I say--that's the same thing, you know." "Not the same thing a bit!" said the Hatter. "You might just as well say that "I see what I eat" is the same thing as "I eat what I see"!

Power to translate is the test of having really understood one's own meaning.

Lord Polonius: What do you read, my lord? Hamlet: Words, words, words. Lord Polonius: What is the matter, my lord? Hamlet: Between who? Lord Polonius: I mean, the matter that you read, my lord.

when driven to the necessity of explaining, I found that I did not myself understand what I meant.

I really value words. I really try to illustrate and let people draw their own conclusions.

Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.

Words are not pebbles in alien juxtaposition.

Something's that written out is okay, but it's not always a clear indication of what a person means.

Language is a tool adequate to provide any degree of precision relevant to a particular situation.

Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves.

I'm sorry I can't speak very coherently.

How or by what magic is it, that we convey our thoughts to one another with such case and accuracy?

Lady Gaga said to me, 'You showed me how it's done.' I have no idea what she meant by 'it.'

There is a profound difference between information and meaning.

All things make sense; you just have to fathom how they make sense.

What is reading, but silent conversation.

I love language, and I love the failure of language.

One of the things that writing and speech can do is express what we're thinking one thought at a time.

I write to understand as much as to be understood.

Words are slippery and thoughts are vicious.