Famous quotes containing the words sole, official and/or language:
“All those who try to go it sole alone,
Too proud to be beholden for relief,
Are absolutely sure to come to grief.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished.”
—John Kenneth Galbraith (b. 1908)
“Language is an archeological vehicle ... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human effort and history.”
—Russell Hoban (b. 1925)