2,489 Quotes About Language

The varieties in things are infinite, whereas the richest language hath its limits.

The words emerge from her body without her realizing it, as if she were being visited by the memory of a language long forsaken.

The incapacity to name is a good symptom of disturbance.

Just remember, when someone has an accent, it means that he knows one more language than you do.

Language does have the power to change reality. Therefore, treat your words as the mighty instruments they are - to heal, to bring into being, to remove, as if by magic, the terrible violations of childhood, to nurture, to cherish, to bless, to forgive - to create from the whole cloth of your soul, true love.

My God! The English language is a form of communication! Conversation isn't just crossfire where you shoot and get shot at! Where you've got to duck for your life and aim to kill! Words aren't only bombs and bullets —no, they're little gifts, containing meanings!

مشكلة الكلمات أنها تمدنا بإحساس وهمي أننا نَفهم ونُفهم، ولكن عندما نستدير ونقف وجهاً لوجه أمام أقدارنا نجد أن الكلمات لا تكفي.

If we learn to listen to the others and try to capture the soul of their language, and can scent the fragrance of the words we hear, we can be transported to a nirvana of deep understanding, without being overwhelmed by the reality of the clock. ("Watching the flight of time")

I find it ridiculous to assign a gender to an inanimate object incapable of disrobing and making an occasional fool of itself.