2,489 Quotes About Language

When we converse, we act together toward a common end, and we act upon one another. Indeed, conversation is a form of activism - a political enterprise in the largest and oldest sense - a way of building sustaining community.

She’s still thinking in diplo-speak, though, and asks a question rather than answering directly.

Das Recht ist kein Kreißsaal für die Gerechtigkeit und hat niemals behauptet, einer zu sein. Das Recht besteht aus Gesetzen, Gesetze bestehen aus Wörtern, und Wörter können manches sein, sicher aber nicht gerecht.

The topics which language limits us to aren’t much worth discussing in the first place.(attrib: F.L. Vanderson)

I place my fingers upon these keys typing 2,000 dreams per minute and naked of spirit dance forth my cosmic vortex upon this crucifix called language.

A definition is the enclosing a wilderness of idea within a wall of words.

There must be satisfaction gained in accurately naming the thing that torments you.

The words of law often look like words of the language you speak, but when they are legal terms, they are not.

Language may be an imperfect instrument, but it brings us closer together.