Conlangers Quotes & Sayings

Before we can consider which way to go from where we are, we must agree on where we want to end up. If our desire is to become happy, then let's begin by having a realistic understanding of what it means to be happy. — Will Bowen

Teachers shouldn't make the mistake of always thinking they're the smartest person in the room — Taylor Mali

The frame of mind in the local legislatures seems to be exerted to prevent the federal constitution from having any good effect. — Henry Knox

I've never believed that 'Idol' as a franchise is beholden to any individual because everybody said it would die the minute Simon Cowell left, and it hasn't. — Nigel Lythgoe

I've generally got low levels of embarrassment. — Caitlin Moran

side. When she tries to explain her passion for it he reminds her how Anthony Trollope wrote all his books after a hard day's work at the Post Office. — Marcia Willett

I think the American government is now the most corrupt government in the world. — Ginger Baker

He lighted a cigarette, and in the curling smoke of it caught visions of his English mother, and wondered if she would understand how her son could love a woman who cried because she could not be skipper of a schooner in the cannibal isles. — Jack London

Invented languages have often been created in tandem with entire invented universes, and most conlangers come to their craft by way of fantasy and science fiction. — Joshua Foer

One travels to learn once more how to marvel at life in the way a child does. — Ella Maillart

Lord Jesu, I ask Thee, give unto me movement in Thy love without measure; desire without limit; longing without order; burning without discretion. Truly the better the love of Thee is, the greedier it is; for neither by reason is it restrained, nor by dread thronged, nor by doom tempted. — Richard Rolle