Language

I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is a language I don't understand.

—Sir Edward Appleton

If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play at it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.

—Bob Hope

Words calculated to catch everyone may catch no one.

—Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.

Words are the physicians of the mind diseased.

—Aeschylus

Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in a few words.

—Aprocrypha

High thoughts must have high language.

—Aristophanes

Grasp the subject, the words will follow.

—Cato the Elder

For me, words are a form of action, capable of influencing change.

—Ingrid Bengis

Deeds, not words shall speak me.

—John Fletcher

The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand.

—Lewis Thomas

Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.

—Lily Tomlin

Words have a longer life than deeds.

—Pindar

Language exerts hidden power, like a moon on the tides.

—Rita Mae Brown

No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.

—Sam Rayburn

Do not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters.

—Samuel Johnson