Its very variety, subtlety, and utterly irrational, idiomatic complexity makes it possible to say things in English which simply cannot be said in any other language.
("Stranger in a Strange Land")
More Quotes from Robert A. Heinlein:
Dorcas, you already reek like a Marseilles cat house; don't wheedle Mike for more stinkum.Robert A. Heinlein
It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.
Robert A. Heinlein
Nothing uses up alcohol faster than political argument.
Robert A. Heinlein
Audacity, always audacity - soundest principal of strategy.
Robert A. Heinlein
Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy.
Robert A. Heinlein
A long and wicked life followed by five minutes of perfect grace gets you into Heaven. An equally long life of decent living and good works followed by one outburst of taking the name of the Lord in vain - then have a heart attack at that moment and be damned for eternity. Is that the system.
Robert A. Heinlein
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Language QuotesBased on Keywords: idiomatic
An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language.
Henri Matisse
Unless it's done superbly, as in the Japanese film Gate of Hell, color can be a very distracting element.
Norman McLaren
I shudder at the image they would piece together.
Roger Vadim