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The dictionary is a living thing, an evolving entity.

From The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester

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

In many languages, the word for salt is synonymous with the word for wisdom.

From Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky

Language is a tool that can both clarify and obscure meaning.

From The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist

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.

From The Logic of Scientific Discovery by Karl Popper

The power of a metaobject protocol lies in its ability to change the semantics of a language.

From The Art of the Metaobject Protocol by Gregor Kiczales

Mathematics is the language of the universe.

From Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter

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.

From Presence by Amy Cuddy

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.

From The History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

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.

From Presence by Amy Cuddy

A metaobject protocol is a set of conventions that allows programmers to customize the behavior of their programming language.

From The Art of the Metaobject Protocol by Gregor Kiczales

The language of debt is the language of power.

From Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber

The language of causation is essential for making sense of the world.

From The Book of Why by Judea Pearl

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.

From Presence by Amy Cuddy

The beauty of language is its capacity to create.

From The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester

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.

From The Art of Computer Programming by Donald Knuth

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.

From The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist

The language of cancer is the language of despair.

From The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Natural language processing allows machines to understand and respond to human language.

From Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach by Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig

Metaobject protocols have the potential to revolutionize the way we think about programming languages.

From The Art of the Metaobject Protocol by Gregor Kiczales

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.

From The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

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

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.

From The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant