I use the language I use to my friends. They wouldn't believe me if I used some high-flown literary language. I want them to believe me.
Adrian Mitchell
I'm not from a milieu where high-register language or philosophical ideas were welcome.
David Mitchell
Any adaptation is a translation, and there is such a thing as an unreadably faithful translation; and I believe a degree of reinterpretation for the... →
In nine months, a group of children left alone with a computer - in any language - would reach the same standard as an office secretary in the West.
Sugata Mitra
Scientists attach great importance to the human capacity for spoken language. But we also have a parallel track of nonverbal communication, which may... →
Leonard Mlodinow
Nonverbal communication forms a social language that is in many ways richer and more fundamental than our words.
I feel more pressure when I'm writing for teens. I'm very aware that my audience is impressionable. Therefore, I'm far more careful about... →
Sarah Mlynowski
I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
Moliere
It has often been observed that the repercussion of poetic language on prose language can be considered a decisive cut of a whip.
Eugenio Montale
Language comes first. It's not that language grows out of consciousness, if you haven't got language, you can't be conscious.
Alan Moore