Famous Language Arts Quotes & Sayings

Imagine your anger to be a kind of wild beast, because it has ferocious teeth and claws, and if you don't tame it, it will devastate all things even corrupting the soul. — Saint John Chrysostom

The truth about life is complicated, indefensible and embarrassing. — Alex Weinle

I must be prepared for the moral fall of any man in any position at any moment; especially for my fall from my position at this moment. — G.K. Chesterton

It's nowhere near as intense as what I imagine an actor experiences backstage, but I feel a fluttering nervousness before a curtain goes up on a play. I mean, any play, anywhere - on Broadway or the Bowery or in a church basement. — Ben Brantley

It should be a law for one whole year that all laugh tracks are Seth Rogen. The world would get ever so slightly better. — Adam McKay

The knowledge that mankind needs is not the way or principle which has an absolute existence, but the particular truths for here and now and for particular individuals. Absolute truth is imaginary, abstract, vague, without evidence, and cannot be demonstrated. — Hu Shih

What is the point of culture? Culture functions ultimately to ensure the preservation and continuity of a people. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The book was at a reasonably high position on the New York Times ... before I was in the country. I thought it would be an interesting experiment to see if my presence here would push it up or down. — Kazuo Ishiguro

If you want it enough, you find strength to work for its achievement. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You don't need the mirror to see what you have on your wrist
Meaning: the truth is visible and clear. — Ikechukwu Joseph

I like the physicality in doing the different physical motions, being a beast. — Sendhil Ramamurthy

I don't think you can recreate anything from the past. You can not do it. If you're going to go out and imitate a Motown sound, you can't do it, it's impossible because of the studios and players involved and the atmosphere. — Elton John

An acorn does not see itself as a seed, but as an oak tree. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Depression as one example is an illness that has a chemical basis, but also is deeply embedded in cultural norms about gender, social class, race. — Jonathan Michel Metzl

I wonder why guys mistreat and disrespect girls. But then they expect life to hand them a good woman when they're older and ready to settle down? — Angelina Jolie