Quotes for All
The script [of Regression] wasn’t the draw for me. It was largely Alejandro [Amenabar] and his way of talking. To hear him talking about the script was way more interesting than the script. He wrote it, and so, English is his second language. It’s an interesting thing. I’ve had that before. I was directed by … Read more
It is very true that I have said that I considered Napoleon’s presence in the field equal to forty thousand men in the balance. This is a very loose way of talking; but the idea is a very different one from that of his presence at a battle being equal to a reinforcement of forty … Read more
Now the industry is looking at the change in a very real way – to find ways of talking to the consumer much faster. Everything we have is changing with communication – from fashion to newspapers. Donna Karan
All communication is more or less cross-cultural. We learn to use language as we grow up, and growing up in different parts of the country, having different ethnic, religious, or class backgrounds, even just being male or female – all result in different ways of talking. Deborah Tannen
Be sure to enjoy language, experiment with ways of talking, be exuberant even when you don’t feel like it because language can make your world a better place to live. Deborah Levy
We don’t save our soul and leave our emotions and our feelings and our body and all the rest of it out. That’s just a way of talking that emphasizes the soul is so fundamental that we can, in some cases, treat it as the whole person because it actually is the thing that integrates … Read more
Talking about New York is a way of talking about the world. Colson Whitehead
I describe things in terms of body movements. I dance a bit to describe what sort of movement it ought to make, and that’s a good way of talking to musicians. Particularly bass players. Brian Eno
My sister is a teacher, so I am a strong support of teachers, but I’m not going to be bound by just a certain way of talking about these things, in order for us to move forward on behalf of our kids. Barack Obama
I want to speak, to sing to total strangers. It’s my way of talking to the world. Adrian Mitchell