Words matter. These are the best Common Language Quotes from famous people such as Ksenia Sobchak, Gore Vidal, Rowan Atkinson, Christopher Lasch, Joe Perry, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I have my mother. I love her very much, but on many issues, we will never find a common language, because she simply doesn’t understand many things.
The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.
There is always that age-old thing about England and America being divided by a common language. You think that because we speak English and you speak English that you’re bound to understand and like everything that we do. And of course you don’t.
Because it equates tradition with prejudice, the left finds itself increasingly unable to converse with ordinary people in their common language.
Describing certain sounds, there’s a common language that guitar players have.
It’s not a coincidence these two industry areas – Silicon Valley and Hollywood – use the same jargon. They share a common language, the language of the creator, of the entrepreneur.
Certain kinds of speed, flow, intensity, density of attacks, density of interaction… Music that concentrates on those qualities is, I think, easier achieved by free improvisation between people sharing a common attitude, a common language.
A common language is a first step towards communication across cultural boundaries.
I think U.S. and Chinese businesses need a common language and dialogue.
The world of classical music is so fascinating. It’s a world that encompasses people from everywhere and erases the basic restraints of nationality; everyone is united by this common language of music.
We have found that companies need to speak a common language because some of the suggested ways to harness disruptive innovation are seemingly counterintuitive. If companies don’t have that common language, it is hard for them to come to consensus on a counterintuitive course of action.
There is nothing terribly difficult in the Bible – at least in a technical way. The Bible is written in street language, common language. Most of it was oral and spoken to illiterate people. They were the first ones to receive it. So when we make everything academic, we lose something.
It doesn’t happen very often that you get to work with some really good friends of yours and there’s a common language between everyone, you don’t have to explain what you’re doing, you can just run with it. It makes it just so much easier and more relaxed.
At Ford Motor Company, we believe the arts speak a common language that weaves a common thread among all people.
Art removes boundaries and makes the world brighter. It is the common language for people all over the world. But politics are the opposite completely. Politicians, their very meaning is based on the lines they draw.
For humanism also appeals to man as man. It seeks to liberate the universal qualities of human nature from the narrow limitations of blood and soil and class and to create a common language and a common culture in which men can realize their common humanity.
Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language.
Food is the common language for all of us.
The abolition of slavery was driven by the King James Bible. It gave slaves a common language and purpose.
Growing up in a family of actors, what’s great about it is that they’re very supportive and they understand what it’s like to be an actor – the rejections, the highs and lows… and having a common language with them is great because you have shorthand speech.
Normally, when someone we love is turning away from a struggle, we self-protect by also turning away. That’s definitely my first response. I think change is more likely to happen if both partners have common language and a shared lens to see problems.
A common language doesn’t soothe dry tongues and thirsty throats.
Our government should speak a common language with the American people – plain English.
In animation, what’s wonderful is that when you start to work with multiple nationalities, the common language becomes a visual language rather than a spoken language, which blends beautifully with the art form.
Our common language is English. And our common task is to ensure that our non-English-speaking children learn this common language.
