2,489 Quotes About Language

The subtleties of the mind cannot be transmitted in words, but can be seen in words.

Literature in the written sense represents the triumph of language over writing: the subversion of writing for purposes that have little or nothing to do with social and economic control.

Language is a finding-place not a hiding place.

Me neither,” Shane put in. “Homie don’t play that.”“I wonder, sometimes, if your generation speaks English at all,” Amelie said.

To confuse things with their names, that is the danger of words.

You may not understand, but a mother can hear and understand the language of a baby with her heart.

By giving words the latitude she does, (Marianne) Van Hirtum emphasizes their contagious qualities: they become almost like viruses, with which it is necessary to put oneself in harmony by sympathetic magic if one is not to be overwhelmed. ... What is essential is to become one with the sickness, that is, in the context of language as a whole, to enter into contact with words.

Writing in English is like throwing mud at a wall.

Людство тим багатше на надбання думки, чим більше мов воно плекає.