Human language is mythological and metaphorical by nature.

The earliest language was body language and, since this language is the language of questions, if we limit the questions, and if we only…

— Paulo Freire

There are very deep and restrictive principles that determine the nature of human language and are rooted in the specific character of the human…

— Noam Chomsky

The present gives you the opportunity to dive deep into the water of life, or to fly high into the sky of life. But…

— Rajneesh

“Human language, for us moderns, has swung in on itself, turning its back on the beings around us. Language is a human property, suitable…

— David Abram

When we listen to improvisational jazz, or solo classical violinists, the way they phrase and inflect melodies feels vocal, like they’re talking to us.…

— Bobby McFerrin

Language,-human language,-after all is but little better than the croak and cackle of fowls, and other utterances of brute nature,-sometimes not so adequate.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

Evolution explains our biological evolution, but human beings are very unique creatures. As the Dobzhansky said, all animals are unique; humans are the uniquest.…

— Donald Johanson

The telling of stories, like singing and praying, would seem to be an almost ceremonial act, an ancient and necessary mode of speech that…

— David Abram

“Human language can only work in broad categories. We create words for things, even though words have a danger of confining things. People will…

— Chris Damian

Human languages tend to be much more ambiguous than computer languages because humans are much smarter about interpreting the context.

— Larry Wall

Human language has a vocabulary suited to our daily needs and functions: the shape of any human language maps approximately to the needs and…

— Julian Burnside

Human language is open extendable and modifiable whereas animal language is not.

— RMKATTA

All human language draws its nature and value from the fact that it both comes from the Word of God and is chosen by…

— Jacques Ellul

Human language is nothing like the signalling systems of other animals.

— Noam Chomsky

One of the most frustrating words in the human language, as far as I could tell, was love. So much meaning attached to this…

— Alexandra Adornetto