Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we use those languages, or we remain mute.
J. G. Ballard
Related We cannot be divided either by the languages we speak, by the faiths we profess or by the political ... VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO As languages become rare they become less attractive for people to use and speak. BILL SUTHERLAND We have to think carefully about which languages those are. French, for example, is declining as an ... DAVID GRADDOL What will happen if we go to 0 day? ... Everything has been wipe out from the techno... DEYTH BANGER We play melodic music, we play songs, we play all kinds of things and when you improvise you don'... FRED FRITH The main languages out of which web applications are built - whether it's Perl or Python or PHP ... MITCH KAPOR The business, task or object of the scientific study of languages will if possible be 1) to trace th... FERDINAND DE SAUSSURE Women speak two languages - one of which is verbal. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own.... ALAN W. WATTS Human cultural diversity is vast; the range of cultural practices, beliefs, and languages that we sp... MARK PAGEL My particular interest for the past couple of years has been to really think deeply about the big im... ANDERS HEJLSBERG Just as the Russians and the Soviets didn't manage to wipe out languages in Lithuania, neither h... JEANE KIRKPATRICK People in Louisiana speak Cajun but that's a little different than most of the languages we have her... MIKE HUCKABEE I speak two languages, Body and English. MAE WEST I feel growing up in Mumbai is an advantage, as we grow up speaking so many languages that when we g... ZUBIN MEHTA Because we were not in our country, we could not use our own languages, and so when we spoke our voi... NOVIOLET BULAWAYO There's no "i" in we, but it is in egoic. When you think about we instead of me, then and only then ... CELESTINE L. GRAY I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Though I do manage to mumble around in about seven or eight languages, English remains the most beau... MAYA ANGELOU No, none is perfect, and although we speak many different languages, we must be willing to come toge... LASHAN DIA GRAY She is sugar, curiosity, and rain. E. LOCKHART The words you can’t find, you borrow. We read to know we’re not alone. We read because w... GABRIELLE ZEVIN we sat there smoking cigarettes at 5 in the morning. CHARLES BUKOWSKI I would like to speak 10 languages. LEON REDBONE I tell people to come see what we do. We have four different programs from Career and Technology ins... GARY MCCLANAHAN If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... All good people agree, And all good people say, All nice people, like Us, are We An... RUDYARD KIPLING While we are connecting rural India with digital highways, we are also working on contents using reg... DAYANIDHI MARAN In our generation, everybody told us that it's really important and it's nice to be able to ... ADELE EXARCHOPOULOS There should be no discrimination against languages people speak, skin color, or religion. MALALA YOUSAFZAI We don't see Iraq the way you see it on TV. That's what we want to tell people. We're the same as yo... HASSAN ALI We have 119 million items in 460 different languages, JAMES BILLINGTON Foreign languages are another favourite topic, and as these men are bilingual they have a fair notio... JOHN MILLINGTON SYNGE You who speak languages, you are such liars. ORSON SCOTT CARD We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows a... CARL SAGAN We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows a... CARL SAGAN We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows a... DR. CARL SAGAN It takes work to increase and multiply every resource we see around us. SUNDAY ADELAJA The internet is a wild land with its own games, languages and gestures through which we are starting... AI WEIWEI We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly. VOLTAIRE First she would try to kill him, but failing this give him food and her body, breast-feed him back t... J.G. BALLARD Isn't language loss a good thing, because fewer languages mean easier communication among the world'... JARED DIAMOND We live in an age of technology and science that demands proof, and yet we desire mystery. But when ... MOTHER ANGELICA Go is an attempt to combine the safety and performance of statically typed languages with the conven... ROB PIKE We cannot have that relationship if we only dictate or threaten and condemn those who disagree. ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI Most of us think we're too busy or too important to rest for a day. CRAIG GROESCHEL It's a lie to think that you are not good enough. It's a lie to think that you are not beautiful. It... DISON ARNIBAL They thrived on the rapid turnover of acquaintances, the lack of involvement with others, and the to... J.G. BALLARD In order to be a diplomat, one must speak a number of languages, including doubletalk. CAREY WILLIAMS The more you speak more languages, the more you understand about yourself. SANDRA CISNEROS I wish that I spoke more languages. I speak a couple languages, but not well enough to really dub my... JODIE FOSTER We have materials in a number of languages. But most of those language materials are really geared t... CAROLE WINKLEBLACK He may well speak French and Latin and half a dozen languages, but since he has nothing to say – w... PHILIPPA GREGORY The places I come from have such rich languages, such a variety of expression. In Sierra Leone we ha... ISHMAEL BEAH Some languages expand not only your ability to speak to different people but what you're able to... G. WILLOW WILSON We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Miriam - I'll give you any flowers you want!' Rhapsodising over the thousand scents of her body, I e... J.G. BALLARD In the 1980s prices came crashing down to 10,000 rupees, a plethora of cable networks arrived with c... VINNIE MEHTA There is a slam-dunk case for extending foreign language teaching to children aged five. Just as som... MICHAEL GOVE The knowledge of languages was very useful. I have a university degree in foreign languages and lite... EMMA BONINO Life is truly lived only when we discover other faiths, festivals, languages and cultures. AVIJEET DAS When considering real-world issues, particularly those that touch on science and technology, it is h... LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS It is hard indeed to notice anything for which the languages available to us have no description. ALAN W. WATTS Nothing can survive without food. Everything we consume acts either to heal us or to poison us. We t... THICH NHAT HANH As our technology evolves, we will have the capacity to reach new, ever-increasing depths. The quest... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. I sing in Hungarian. I read Hungarian. I do not pretend to speak Hungarian, but I sing in languages ... JESSYE NORMAN Instead of either/or, I discovered a whole world of and. GLORIA STEINEM If we're honest with ourselves, most of us know the one thing we lack. CRAIG GROESCHEL As far as Irish writers being great, I think the fact that there have been two languages in Ireland ... GARRY HYNES I am aware that everyone that exists has a story, and we all exist because that story is important f... ARZELL I don't know where to go. I don't know what comes now." "Don't worry," Will said. "We'll figur... LAUREN OLIVER To say to that you will never forget ,is always a sincere and an honest way to express ones self to ... GARY F EVANS... In every passing moment that is not appreciated time cannot give it back to you. So in moments of id... GARY F EVANS... When we die our deeds shall be left for humanity to judge & our flesh shall become dust for humanity... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Dae FATE NAYAE Nanagha Vandhuttoom Da, Sandy , Na Nata, London Lass,Russian Grapes, Ellorum Ippa Van... SATHESH KUMAR M The island is ours. Here, in some way, we are young forever. E.LOCKHART اگر میخواهید جایی زندگی کنید که مردمش از موش ها نمیترسن... EMILY LOCKHART You hate cake doughnuts." "Of course," says Mirren. "But we didn't get the cake, we got glazed ... E.LOCKHART There are parallel universes in which different events have happened to the same people. An alternat... E. LOCKHEART There is not even a scrabble word for how bad I feel. E. LOCKHEART He was contemplation and enthusiasm. Ambition and strong coffee. E. LOCKHART Johnny, he is bounce, effort, and snark. Mirren, she is sugar, curiosity, and rain. Gat, h... E.LOCKHART Everything doesn't seem like anything when you love someone. Especially when you're young. E. LOCKHART Novelists and the literary world play an important part in shaping languages. The Swahili they write... ENOCK MAREGESI The printed word will be around long after many of our digital creations are gone, either because bo... JEFFREY ZELDMAN The more we give, the more we reap the benefits of feeling good in helping others. We are all capabl... ANGIE KARAN So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Those who have suffered much are like those who know many languages; they have learned to understand... MADAME SWETSHINE Math and science fields are not the only areas where we see the United States lagging behind. Less t... CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either. NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI Indeed, we should be trying to reach out to those who don’t know Jesus Christ, which is impossible... JAMES C. DOBSON English is necessary as at present original works of science are in English. I believe that in two d... A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM English is necessary as at present original works of science are in English. I believe that in two d... ABDUL KALAM More and more as we come closer and closer in touch with nature and its teachings are we able to see... GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER I speak a number of languages, but none are more beautiful to me than English. MAYA ANGELOU A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON However, for all his affection and loyalty towards the animal, the dog would soon be leaving him - t... J.G. BALLARD Now, it's my belief that Python is a lot easier than to teach to students programming and teach ... GUIDO VAN ROSSUM
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We won last year's g... BILL BALLARD In big games like this, it just seems to come down to special teams every time, ... We won last year... BILL BALLARD We did not know if he could get the job done, [but] he has played very consistent. BILL BALLARD These are high school kids and they make mistakes. Donnie otherwise played a heck of a game for us. BILL BALLARD If you've got one guy you're starting and he's not doing well, then you've got other people thinking... BILL BALLARD When I do a service I like to go overboard. I make sure it's ready to go. That should be done every ... DAVE BALLARD After being bombarded endlessly by road-safety propaganda it was almost a relief to find myself in a... J.G. BALLARD The net result of the competitive tender was that the ESA got two satellites for the price of one. STEVEN BALLARD If you're looking for youth, you're looking for longevity, just take a dose of rock 'n' roll. It kee... HANK BALLARD This is an unusual and dangerous situation. We really want to stress that to people. It's not going ... ROBERT BALLARD Science is the ultimate pornography, analytic activity whose main aim is to isolate objects or event... J.G. BALLARD Their violence (the jungle wars of the '70s), and all violence for that matter, reflects the neutral... J.G. BALLARD People no longer need enemies--in this millennium their great dream is to become victims. Only their... J.G. BALLARD I love the smell of male urine and the reek of his groin on my bath towels after he’d had a shower J.G. BALLARD The film festival measured a mile in length, from the Martinez to the Vieux Port, where sales execut... J.G. BALLARD The house was silent, but somewhere in the garden was a swimming pool filled with unsettled water. J.G. BALLARD The twentieth century ended with its dreams in ruins. The notion of the community as a voluntary ass... J.G. BALLARD Sooner or later, all games become serious. J.G. BALLARD It doesn't get any sweeter than this. It really doesn't. JEFF BALLARD A postcard and I'm pining for New England. . . AMY BALLARD God's already blessed us because he spared our lives so it can't get no worse than it already was. A... DOMINICK BALLARD There's no city, no job, no home, there's really nothing to go back to. DOMINICK BALLARD There's nothing down South in New Orleans for us to go back to, so basically, this is a new slate fo... DOMINICK BALLARD We have nothing to go back to. I mean you know our foundation is gone. Now it's time to build anothe... DOMINICK BALLARD Right now this is our home for years to come. We don't have no plans on moving elsewhere but to anot... DOMINICK BALLARD Well, actually I have made the step to call them mom and dad. DOMINICK BALLARD Well, we had both looked at each other and decided, might as well, because we have nothing else to g... DOMINICK BALLARD Jim watched them eat, his eyes fixed on every morsel that entered their mouth. When the oldest of th... J.G. BALLARD Deserts possess a particular magic, since they have exhausted their own futures, and are thus free o... J.G. BALLARD We have a great location and facilities. We have things to do here that will attract people to come ... DAWN BALLARD No idea is too small or insane. DAWN BALLARD It's a good opportunity. We are not trying to run tournaments, just trying to facilitate things. Thi... DAWN BALLARD