Language Richness Quotes

I think we've lost the idea that politicians are part of the humanities. And we think of them as part of a natural science tradition, and we don't expect them to have the contact with literature, with history, with the richness of descriptive language that the humanities have always stood for. And I think that's a great loss.

I love words, and I love that there's so many words available to make a point and to create a picture.

The poetry of India can be truly known only through scanning the poetry of all languages.

I think English is a fantastic, rich and musical language, but of course your mother tongue is the most important for an actor.

And of course the word love has many shades of meaning, as do many, many of the words in our living, breathing language

The deeper the nostalgia and the more complete the fear, the purer, the richer the word and the secret.

There are more than thousand mother tongues spoken in our country. This is not just a number but a reason to be proud of.

English literature is a glorious inheritance which is open to all - there are no barriers, no coupons, and no restrictions. In the English language and in its great writers there are great riches and treasures, of which, of course, the Bible and Shakespeare stand along on the highest platform.

The wildest ride in modern crime novel exoticum. A novel so steeped in milieu that it feels as if you've blasted to mars in the grip of a demon who won't let you go. Read this book, savor the language-it's the last-and the most compelling word in thrillers.

I am a patriot, but I must say that English poetry is the richest in the world.

Shakespeare's taught me that there are more words in the English language than I have got in my head.

I'm German! Actually, I love my countr, ;I love the language. The German language is very special because it is so precise. There is a word for everything. There are so many wonderful words that other languages don't have. It is impressive to have such a rich language, and I love to work in that language.

It's always seemed to me that black people's grace has been with what they do with language. In Lorrain, Ohio, when I was a child, I went to school with and heard the stories of Mexicans, Italians, and Greeks, and I listened. I remember their language, and a lot of it is marvelous. But when I think of things my mother or father or aunts used to say, it seems the most absolutely striking thing in the world.

Increase your word power. Words are the raw material of our craft. The greater your vocabulary the more ­effective your writing. We who write in English are fortunate to have the richest and most versatile language in the world. Respect it.

When it comes to telling children stories, they don’t need simple language. They need beautiful language.

For me as a writer, Albanian is simply an extraordinary means of expression - rich, malleable, adaptable. As I have said in my latest novel, 'Spiritus,' it has modalities that exist only in classical Greek, which puts one in touch with the mentality of antiquity.

I think picture books should stretch children. I think they should be full of wonderful, amazing words.

You know, it's always good to have a synonym just for variety.

Lyrics have to be underwritten. That's why poets generally make poor lyric writers because the language is too rich. You get drowned in it.

Shakespeare is a wonderful language to speak, but it's also a world to get your mind into thematically.

So many times I feel I'm using the same words over and over, like a woman wearing the same dress every day. So boring!

That's American English for you: more roots than a mangrove swamp.

Cantonese, which has up to nine tones as opposed to the five in Mandarin, is much more versatile and one of the richest dialects in Chinese.

Words, particularly in a play, should have the texture of a crisp, autumn apple.

Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.