--- title: "7 Language Makes Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Language Makes quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Language Makes sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e87/peter-elbow-38489_language_the-real-reason-that-language-so-often-c_55725.jpg" --- > [“The real reason that language so often carries magic is because humans have trouble not ascribing special power to it. Language makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-elbow/the-real-reason-that-language-so-often-carries-magic-is-because/) [Peter Elbow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-elbow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e87/peter-elbow-38489_language_the-real-reason-that-language-so-often-c_55725.jpg) > [That kind of language is what makes us laugh. Like, "Well, just eFax that to me, and I'll take a look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-heidecker/that-kind-of-language-is-what-makes-us-laugh-like-well-just-efax-that/) [Tim Heidecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-heidecker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e45/tim-heidecker-10977_comedy_that-kind-of-language-is-what-makes-us-l_482599.png) > [The managerial class has forced on us a public language that makes no sense](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-watson/the-managerial-class-has-forced-on-us-a-public-language-that-makes-no/) [Don Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d58/don-watson-39693_class_the-managerial-class-has-forced-on-us-a_600393.png) > [Language makes culture, and we make a rotten culture when we abuse words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-ozick/language-makes-culture-and-we-make-a-rotten-culture-when-we-abuse/) [Cynthia Ozick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-ozick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/cynthia-ozick-2945_abuse_language-makes-culture-and-we-make-a-rot_1569505.png) > [We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks in style.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/we-are-tied-down-to-a-language-which-makes-up-in-obscurity-what-it/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36c/tom-stoppard-437_language_we-are-tied-down-to-a-language-which-mak_1985470.png) > [This is the problem with language, and this is what makes silent movies fun, because the connection with them, me or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-hazanavicius/this-is-the-problem-with-language-and-this-is-what-makes-silent/) [Michel Hazanavicius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-hazanavicius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e5/michel-hazanavicius-7804_audience_this-is-the-problem-with-language-and-th_2359243.png) > [“although culture is a creation of speech, it is recreated anew by every medium of communication—from painting to hieroglyphs to the alphabet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-postman/although-culture-is-a-creation-of-speech-it-is-recreated-anew-by/) [Neil Postman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-postman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/532/neil-postman-1598_communication_although-culture-is-a-creation-of-speech_2947456.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/language-makes/#itemlist", "name": "Language Makes Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The real reason that language so often carries magic is because humans have trouble not ascribing special power to it. 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