Language uses us as much as we use language.

All language is political.

To write or speak is to communicate. To communicate is to share meanings, make them ‘common’ to all participants in the discourse. (The etymological root of communication means ‘common.’)

Reagan's genius as a communicator lies in his use of ambiguity. ... Ambiguity is the mother of Teflon.

I've always believed phone calls from kids must be allowed if mothers are to feel welcome in the workplace, as anyone who has worked in my chambers can attest.

Untilled ground however rich will bring forth thistles and thorns so also the mind of man.

We all eat & it would be a sad waste of opportunity to eat badly.

I don't know what I am going to play, so how can he know what I am going to play!

When you live alone, you can be sure that the person who squeezed the toothpaste tube in the middle wasn't committing a hostile act.

Stay back, human. You don't know what you're dealing with.

It's always about being yourself and not being ashamed of being different or thinking different.

No big modern war has been won without preponderant sea power; and, conversely, very few rebellions of maritime provinces have succeeded without acquiring sea power.

More than anyone, I am aware of the preconceptions. I was a Spice Girl. I'm married to a footballer.

We had the kind of team that didn't back down from anybody. If they wanted to intimidate us, we could intimidate as well as they could. Our team was too big and too good to intimidate.