“I'm afraid of coaching, of writer's classes, of writer's magazines, of books on how to write. They give me centipede trouble - you know the yarn about the centipede who was asked how he managed all his feet? He tried to answer, stopped to think about it, and was never able to walk another step.” ThinkingKnowsGivingWritingBookAbleLanguageAnswersWalksStepsClassTroubleFeetGive MeMagazinesCoachingYarnCentipedes Author:Robert A. Heinlein
“One must not consider a language as a product dead, and formed but once; it is an animate being, and ever creative. Human thought elaborates itself with the progress of intelligence; and of this thought language is a manifestation. An idiom cannot therefore remain stationary; it walks, it develops, it grows up, it fortifies itself, it becomes old, and it reaches decrepitude.” HumansLanguageGrowsWalksCreativeGrowing UpProgressProductsManifestationHuman ThoughtIdiomStationary Author:Wilhelm von Humboldt
“To suppose that man without language taught himself to speak, seems to me as absurd as it would be to suppose that without legs he could teach himself to walk. Language, therefore, must have been the immediate gift of God.” MenHas BeensSeemsWould BeSpeakLanguageWalksTeachTaughtLegsAbsurdGift From God Author:Noah Webster
“When the American people look at the political process play out, they hear all the spinning and all the doctrinaire language, and they still walk away with the belief that they're not being represented in Congress, that there's no trust in the executive branch.” PeopleLooksStillsPlayPoliticalBeliefLanguageProcessWalksCongressBranchesExecutivesSpinningExecutive BranchNo Trust Author:David Gregory
“I'm an infant with Shakespeare; I'm kind of learning how to walk. I am trying to decipher the code, you know? I do my research. And I get a clear understanding of what the language is. It is a tremendous process I have to go through as I am sure all actors do, finding the gems hidden in his language.” KnowsTryingKindActorsLanguageProcessUnderstandingWalksClearFindingsResearchCodeInfantGemsDecipher Author:Ruben Santiago-Hudson
“Peter Conners stunning prose poems are packed with keen sensitivity, dreaminess, and wit. I love his time travels, the vibrant layering of image and detail. Try taking walks as you are reading this book- the dazzle of landscapes, inner and outer, feel replenished and rich. This is language and vision I want to come home to again and again.” WantFeelsTryingBookHomeReadingLanguageWalksVisionRichDetailsWitLandscapeProseComing HomePeterTime TravelAgain And AgainSensitivityStunningDazzle Author:Naomi Shihab Nye
“The language of commerce has been engineered to describe the overt purpose of a thing, but cannot encompass fringe benefits or peripheral pleasures. It weighs the obvious against what in its terms are incomprehensible. When I drive from here to there, speed, privacy, control, and safety are easy to claim. When I walk, what happens is more vague, more ambiguous-and in many circumstances much richer. I am out in the world. It's exercise, though not so quantifiably as on a treadmill in a gym with a digital readout.” WorldHas BeensHappensPurposeLanguageEasyTermWalksPleasureCircumstancesExerciseBenefitsClaimsSafetyEnvironmentalObviousSpeedPrivacyDigitalGymSustainabilityCommerceVagueFringeAmbiguousTreadmills Author:Rebecca Solnit
“I prefer girls to wear dresses because I like how they influence a woman's body language. I also love skirts. One of my favorite pieces of clothing is the pencil skirt because it obliges the wearer to have a pretty attitude. I like anything that shows a woman's legs because I love to see her skin and how she walks.” ShowsBodyGirlLanguageWalksAttitudePiecesInfluenceSkinsDressesMy FavoriteLegsClothingsPencilsSkirtsBody LanguageWomen's Bodies Author:Christian Louboutin
“All of my fights are planned. I study my opponents from A to Z. How he walks, how he looks, how he speaks, gestures of the human body, which is a certain language that provides you lots of information if you have the ability to read it.” IfsHumansLooksBodyCertainFightingSpeakLanguageAbilityWalksStudyInformationOpponentsGesturesHuman Body Author:Wladimir Klitschko
“It's the ground that we walk on, it's where we sit, it's the language that we use. It's a difficult undertaking, but I think without healing that and creating more of a balance between the sexes, we will never have balance globally. I feel like I am going deeper and deeper into this space where I came from that I barely understood.” ThinkingFeelsUseLanguageSexDifficultSpaceWalksHealingBalanceCreatingUnderstoodDeeperUndertakings Author:Ani DiFranco
“I want to walk the red carpet at the Oscars. I am in awe of the ceremony, and winning an Oscar would be the most magical moment of my life. I want to make that speech and hold that trophy and say, 'This is for you, India.' That's the line I have rehearsed for God knows how long. But that has to be for a Hindi language film.” KnowsWantLongMomentsWould BeFilmWinningLanguageLinesWalksKnow HowSpeechRedIndiaAweOscarsCeremonyCarpetGod KnowsTrophiesRed CarpetHindiMagical Moments Author:Karan Johar