Loanwords Quotes & Sayings

America is a really delicate flower that needs a lot of attention. — Noel Gallagher

When I was young and knew Virginia Woolf slightly, I learned something that startled me - that a person may be ultrasensitive and not warm. She was intensely curious and plied one with questions, teasing, charming questions that made the young person glow at being even for a moment the object of her attention. But I did feel at times as though I were "a specimen American young poet" to be absorbed and filed away in the novelist's store of vicarious experience. Then one had also the daring sense that anything could be said, the sense of freedom that was surely one of the keys to the Bloomsbury ethos, a shared secret amusement at human folly or pretensions. She was immensely kind to have seen me for at least one tea, as she did for some years whenever I was in England, but in all that time I never felt warmth, and this was startling. — May Sarton

I don't want to be followed by random men I don't know. It can also be hard to deal with other kids who are jealous or mean. I can't post a picture on Instagram without being criticized. — Kendall Jenner

There are few colonial nations anymore. Instead, we are colonized by financial institutions beyond our political control. We are colonized with pens and papers and millions of little digital bursts transferring billions of dollars all over the globe in the blink of an eye. — Charlie Pierce

For 3,000 years the Chinese owned the concept of daxue, yet no Chinaman ever came of the idea - let alone succeeded - to elevate this word permanently into the English language. What to think of such cultural passivity? — Thorsten J. Pattberg

Finally democracy is catching up with the old, hierarchical, father-dominated family: the family is being democratized. — Shere Hite

Sorry! I didn't mean to say that," I mumble into the pillow next to her head.

"Oh."

"No! I mean, I meant what I said. I just didn't mean to tell you. — Victoria Denault

Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready. — Theodore Roosevelt

I am all for the inclusion of foreign cultures, not their omission in our media. Foreign names, brands, and inventions must be allowed to show and to compete in US publications. Today, most foreign words are still banned. And almost 7 billion people whose first language is not English are silenced. — Thorsten J. Pattberg

Today it is becoming harder to speak out, with the inception of the Patriot Act, the president has legislated free speech to be a crime. — Frank Serpico

Sometimes directly asking for what you want is not the best way to achieve a desired result." As this story shows, good negotiation is a continual exploration of the realm of possibilities. — George H. Ross

Noboby can escape fear.A true hero acts in spite of it. A true hero masters his fear so it doesn't master him. — Paul Asay

What's important is that we do this in the right timescale to get the right deal for the U.K. We shouldn't invoke Article 50 immediately. — Theresa May

I'm into indie music. I think indie is going to bring back the spirit in music. There was a time when it was all about accommodating the music business, the music was getting tasteless, but the spirit is back. — Yoko Ono