2,489 Quotes About Language

Even the slogans willchange. How could you have a slogan like ‘freedom is slavery’when the concept of freedom has been abolished? Thewhole climate of thought will be different. In fact, there will be no thought, as we understand it now. Orthodoxy meansnot thinking—not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness.

One can not understand language because language cannot understand itself; does not want to understand

I truly admire the British for their understatement and subtle sarcasm. A good rule is when using sarcasm is, it is best to "put a little English" on it.

With that question, the two of us had a long conversation about whether language is a tool in our hands or we in its hands.

Language is a double-edged sword that can imprison or set us free.

How and why many of us blindly repeat words, idioms, and phrases passed down to us like shabby clothes from our parents or ancestors, without even pondering the exact meaning of what we say.

To describe society since the mid twentieth century -- global, multilingual, infinitely interlinked -- we need the global, intuitional language of fantasy.

Entire internet is a digital copy of the world. Don't confuse it with the world. Similarly, thoughts and words are just a linguistic copy of the world. Don't confuse them with the world.

Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.