The search for that language, the search for the ways to tell young people what we know as we grow older — the permanent and wonderful things about life — will be one of the great functions of this system. Edwin H. Land
The search for that language, the search for the ways to tell young people what we know as we grow older — the permanent and wonderful things about life — will be one of the great functions of this system.
My suggestion is that at each state the proper order of operation of the mind requires an overall grasp of what is generally known, not only in formal logical, mathematical terms, but also intuitively, in images, feelings, poetic usage of language, etc. David Bohm
My suggestion is that at each state the proper order of operation of the mind requires an overall grasp of what is generally known, not only in formal logical, mathematical terms, but also intuitively, in images, feelings, poetic usage of language, etc.
Music is a language by whose means messages are elaborated, that such messages can be understood by the many but sent out only by few. Claude Lévi-Strauss
Music is a language by whose means messages are elaborated, that such messages can be understood by the many but sent out only by few.
Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing. Claude Lévi-Strauss
Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing.
[Before college] I was almost more interested in literature and history than in the exact sciences; I was equally good in all subjects including the classical languages. Arnold Sommerfeld
[Before college] I was almost more interested in literature and history than in the exact sciences; I was equally good in all subjects including the classical languages.
After the discovery of spectral analysis no one trained in physics could doubt the problem of the atom would be solved when physicists had learned to understand the language of spectra. Arnold Sommerfeld
After the discovery of spectral analysis no one trained in physics could doubt the problem of the atom would be solved when physicists had learned to understand the language of spectra.
Languages are true analytical methods. Antoine Lavoisier
Languages are true analytical methods.
The four most beautiful words in our common language I told you so. Gore Vidal
The four most beautiful words in our common language I told you so.
My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness. Al Pacino
My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.
Fashion is a language. Some know it, some learn it, some never will - like an instinct. Edith Head
Fashion is a language. Some know it, some learn it, some never will - like an instinct.
The language of experiment is more authoritative than any reasoning: facts can destroy our ratiocination—not vice versa. Alessandro Volta
The language of experiment is more authoritative than any reasoning: facts can destroy our ratiocination—not vice versa.
A new, a vast, and a powerful language is developed for the future use of analysis, in which to wield its truths so that these may become of more speedy and accurate. Ada Lovelace
A new, a vast, and a powerful language is developed for the future use of analysis, in which to wield its truths so that these may become of more speedy and accurate.