David Crystal Quotes

The death of a language. The word has the same kind of reluctant resonance as it has when we talk about the death of a person. And indeed, that's how it should be. For that's how it is. A language dies only when the last person who speaks it dies.

David Crystal

Recitation: by Male by Female

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DeathLanguagePersonKindTalkWho

The fact that this is getting released, and people are just now hearing it, kind of tickles me. This is just awesome that the media is excited to talk to me and find out what's happening.

Jessi Colter

PeopleMeMediaFindKindTalk

A lot of times we base everything just on our immediate circumstance. We don't see a big picture for our lives. We don't love ourselves. We don't have a way of kind of gauging the future, so we count it lost.

Jennifer Holliday

LoveFuturePictureLostKindWay

We are moving into a world where companies will be able to offer us products and services based on our last two hours of activity. This is both exciting and frightening at the same time.

Robert Scoble

TimeMovingWorldWillTwoSame

Many in local government will ask why should only a few areas have the freedoms and benefits of Enterprise Zone status while the majority lose out?

Andy Sawford

GovernmentLoseWhyWillAskOut

Live out of your imagination, not your history.

Stephen Covey

LiveHistoryImaginationOutYour

The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.

Steven Spielberg

OpportunityBalanceGivingSomeone

I used to be terribly shy, so I was either shy or over the top, and I always had a difficult time.

Sigourney Weaver

TimeShyDifficultTopAlwaysOver

The new dynamics between brands and consumers, driven by social media, are proving to be a powerful impetus for change.

Simon Mainwaring

ChangeSocial MediaMediaPowerful

Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure.

Rita Dove

EndPlayPleasureRapWholeOnly

What matters is that my daughter is surrounded by love. I believe in the right to go down the path that feels best for you.

Monica Cruz

LoveDaughterPathBestBelieveYou

You never want to have to give your child bad news of any kind.

Jonathan Dee

ChildYouBadNewsWantKind

For many people, when they come to Twitter, the language is opaque. We need to push the scaffolding to the background and bring the content forward. The media, the photos, the videos.

Dick Costolo

PeopleForwardLanguagePushMedia

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