The language doesn't mean anything anymore, folks. Truth doesn't mean anything anymore. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Like Humpty Dumpty, we can make words mean anything we want them to mean. — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
The clans began to bombard the outer force field with rockets, missiles, nukes, and harsh language. — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
Language mavens commonly confuse their own peeves with a worsening of the language. — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
I speak to you in one tongue/ but every moment that ever mattered to me/ occurred in another language. — Marvin Bell Copy Share Image
Flaubert was right when he said that our use of language is like a cracked kettle on which we bang out tunes… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“The words hurt my throat a little – probably because I was swallowing my pride, and it didn’t taste so great.” — Emma Winters Copy Share Image
“From that moment, and for the rest of my life, my mother's words--perceptive and many others--have helped me to be the thing… — Karen Swallow Prior Copy Share Image
When one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it. — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
Congress has repeatedly passed laws and otherwise raised a ruckus about indecent language on the broadcast airwaves used for radio and television. — Reed Hundt Copy Share Image
I hardly grew up mono-lingually! I was raised religious, so there's a tradition of semi-access to a second language. When I learned… — Nathan Englander Copy Share Image
“The right word at the right time helps you make sense of the world. It helps, but sometimes not a lot.” — Chris Lynch Copy Share Image
Many of us have to spell words such as "out," "cookie," and "bath" when conversing with other people, lest we unnecessarily excite… — Warren Eckstein Copy Share Image
I think one thing that has helped me to be an entrepreneur is being an immigrant and coming to the United States.… — Anousheh Ansari Copy Share Image
“Pretty Words" Poets make pets of pretty, docile words: I love smooth words, like gold-enamelled fish Which circle slowly with a silken… — Elinor Wylie Copy Share Image
...These politically correct language initiatives are misguided and harmful. They create highly entitled professional "victims" who expect to be free from any… — Gad Saad Copy Share Image
I'd never really been content with just churning out these slim volumes every three or four years. I've always tried to think… — Simon Armitage Copy Share Image
To suppose that man without language taught himself to speak, seems to me as absurd as it would be to suppose that… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
The Hebrew language... is the only glue which holds together our scattered bones. It also holds together the rings in the chain… — I. L. Peretz Copy Share Image
“Scientists often invent words to fill the holes in their understanding. These words are meant as conveniences until real understanding can be… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
