2,489 Quotes About Language

Words, he decided, were inadequate at best, impossible at worst. They meant too many things. Or they meant nothing at all.

Voices have a language of their own and communicate much more than the words that they say.

In general,' Voss replied, 'it is necessary to communicate without knowledge of the language.

It says a lot about Sandberg’s brand of feminism that this campaign focuses on policing language rather than bringing attention to important issues that have real impact on women and girls

I guess the truth is nobody told this smart kid that communication between such divergent life forms was impossible, so he just went ahead and did it anyhow.

When the meaning is unclear there is no meaning.

Ileż zdań można utworzyć z dwudziestu czterech liter alfabetu? Ileż znaczeń można wyprowadzić z setek chwastów, grudek i innych drobiazgów?

Meaning was not reducible to language. But if it couldn't be spoken about, how could it exist?

It's not about the language, it's about the message