Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should be very little else than such a carrier. – Louise Bogan Category: Language
Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons. – Aldous Huxley Category: Language
Everything can change, but not the language that we carry inside us, like a world more exclusive and final than ones mothers womb. – Italo Calvino Category: Language
He who does not know foreign languages does not know anything about his own. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Kunst and Alterthum Category: Language
Im most proud of the longevity of my marriage, my kids, and my grandchildren. If you dont have that, you really dont have very much. – Bob Newhart Category: Marriage
When the history of civilization is written, it will be a biological history and Margaret Sanger will be its heroine. – H.G. Wells, 1935 Category: Birth Control
The object of most prayers is to wangle an advance on good intentions. – Robert Brault Category: Prayer
All a manager has to do is keep eleven players happy — the eleven in the reserves. The first team are happy because they are in the first team. – Rodney Marsh, 1979 Category: Sports
