#language
Explore Books, Authors and Common Highlights on Language
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The dictionary is a living thing, an evolving entity.
The laws of physics are universal; they are the language of the cosmos.
From The Cosmic Code by Heinz R. Pagels
The language we use reflects our understanding of the mind.
From The Concept of Mind by Gilbert Ryle
Words are the most powerful tool we have.
Your words create your world.
From Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty
A symbol is a symbol is a symbol.
In many languages, the word for salt is synonymous with the word for wisdom.
From Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
Language is the house of Being.
From Being and Time by Martin Heidegger
Language is a tool that can both clarify and obscure meaning.
The word salary comes from the Latin word for salt.
From Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.
To define is to limit.
The power of a metaobject protocol lies in its ability to change the semantics of a language.
Mathematics is the language of the universe.
Every atom has a story to tell, and chemistry is the language that translates those stories.
From The Disappearing Spoon: Young Readers Edition by Sam Kean
Mythology is the language of the soul.
From The Golden Bough by James George Frazer
You can change your life by changing your body language.
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.
Language is a powerful medium of information.
From The Information by James Gleick
The loss of a language is the loss of a unique way of seeing the world.
From The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World by Wade Davis
Mathematics is not just a collection of rules and symbols; it is a language that describes the world.
From The Annotated Turing by Charles Petzold
Power posing can affect your chances for success.
A metaobject protocol is a set of conventions that allows programmers to customize the behavior of their programming language.
The language of debt is the language of power.
The language of causation is essential for making sense of the world.
From The Book of Why by Judea Pearl
The word salary comes from salt.
From Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
Mathematics is the language of the universe.
From The Emperor's New Mind by Roger Penrose
Octopuses have a unique way of communicating through body language.
From The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
Time is the language we use to describe change.
From The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli
We must not confuse the descriptions of mental states with the states themselves.
From The Concept of Mind by Gilbert Ryle
Understanding conversational queries is key to enhancing voice search performance.
From Voice Search Optimization: A Practical Guide by Phoebe Wang
We can change our minds by changing our bodies.
The beauty of language is its capacity to create.
Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power.
From The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
A programming language is a tool for expressing ideas.
Every word tells a story.
The words we use shape our understanding of the world.
From The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
Language is not merely a tool for communication; it shapes our thoughts.
A word can change the world.
The language of cancer is the language of despair.
Natural language processing allows machines to understand and respond to human language.
From Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach by Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig
Power posing can change your life.
Fragrance is a language of its own.
From The Emperor of Scent by Chandler Burr
Metaobject protocols have the potential to revolutionize the way we think about programming languages.
Mathematics is the language in which the laws of nature are expressed.
From The Emperor's New Mind by Roger Penrose
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.
The language of cancer is paradoxical.
The language of faith is often metaphorical and poetic.
From The Case for God by Karen Armstrong
Mathematics and language are the foundations of modern cryptography.
From The Code Book by Simon Singh
Myth is the language of the divine.
From God: A Human History by Reza Aslan
The world was so recent, that many things lacked names, and in order to indicate them it was necessary to point.
From One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.