--- title: "16 Language Said Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 16 Language Said quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Language Said sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/914/robert-benchley-2562_command_drawing-on-my-fine-command-of-the-englis_1486304.jpg" --- > [Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-benchley/drawing-on-my-fine-command-of-the-english-language-i-said-nothing/) [Robert Benchley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-benchley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/914/robert-benchley-2562_command_drawing-on-my-fine-command-of-the-englis_1486304.jpg) > [Love is language that cannot be said, or heard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/love-is-language-that-cannot-be-said-or-heard/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03d/rumi-56_heard_love-is-language-that-cannot-be-said-or_2039838.jpg) > [Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/drawing-on-my-fine-command-of-language-i-said-nothing/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd3/mark-twain-22_command_drawing-on-my-fine-command-of-language-i_2068848.png) > [“Ach, noo yer talkin’ oour language,” said Rob Anybody. “Not…quite,” said Tiffany.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/ach-noo-yer-talkin-oour-language-said-rob-anybody-not-quite-said/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d9/terry-pratchett-19_quote_ach-noo-yer-talkin-oour-language-said-ro_1825447.jpg) > [“There are a lot of human experiences that challenge the limits of our language,” she said. “That’s one of the reasons that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-dellaira/there-are-a-lot-of-human-experiences-that-challenge-the-limits-of-our-2/) [Ava Dellaira](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-dellaira/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa9/ava-dellaira-7023_language_there-are-a-lot-of-human-experiences-tha_2502904.jpg) > [What is important-what lasts-in another language is not what is said but what is written. For the essence of an age, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-brodie/what-is-important-what-lasts-in-another-language-is-not-what-is-said/) [Peter Brodie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-brodie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/493/peter-brodie-71864_age_what-is-important-what-lasts-in-another_751219.jpg) > [As a young writer, I was on guard against the Latina in me, the Spanish in me because as far as I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-alvarez/as-a-young-writer-i-was-on-guard-against-the-latina-in-me-the-spanish/) [Julia Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-alvarez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/933/julia-alvarez-21215_american-literature_as-a-young-writer-i-was-on-guard-against_2733509.png) > [“Was bad language used?” asked Colonel Melchett. “It depends on what you call bad language.” “Could you understand it?” I asked. “Of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/was-bad-language-used-asked-colonel-melchett-it-depends-on-what-you/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/356/agatha-christie-154_bad-language_was-bad-language-used-asked-colonel-melc_2778010.jpg) > [“And then, this she offered to me, my one truth: "Our language," she said, "is not spoken, but sung… Not simply words...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-t-anderson-3/and-then-this-she-offered-to-me-my-one-truth-our-language-she-said-is/) [M. T. Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-t-anderson-3/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/m-t-anderson-3-71142_communication_and-then-this-she-offered-to-me-my-one-t_3212611.jpg) > [Language, she said, was just our way to explain away the wonder and glory of the world. To deconstruct. To dismiss. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/language-she-said-was-just-our-way-to-explain-away-the-wonder-and/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ace/chuck-palahniuk-37_beautiful_language-she-said-was-just-our-way-to-ex_409210.jpg) > [“Latin’s a dead language, anyway,” he said. “Bite your tongue.” Quin sounded like a shocked grandmother. “That’s English you’re speaking,” Matheus said.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-fecteau/latin-s-a-dead-language-anyway-he-said-bite-your-tongue-quin-sounded/) [Amy Fecteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-fecteau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/430/amy-fecteau-32800_latin_latin-s-a-dead-language-anyway-he-said-b_3034664.jpg) > [“Our citizens must act as Americans; not as Americans with a prefix and qualifications; not as Irish-Americans, German-Americans, native Americans—but as Americans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-beth-smith/our-citizens-must-act-as-americans-not-as-americans-with-a-prefix-and-2/) [Mary Beth Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-beth-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24a/mary-beth-smith-57565_farewell-address_our-citizens-must-act-as-americans-not-a_2195100.jpg) > [“The next night, alone in the tent, Laurent said: 'As we draw closer to the border, I think it would be safer--more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-u-pacat/the-next-night-alone-in-the-tent-laurent-said-as-we-draw-closer-to/) [S.U. Pacat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-u-pacat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/100/s-u-pacat-4352_captive-prince_the-next-night-alone-in-the-tent-laurent_2306303.jpg) > [“Yes," I went on, "we do, indeed"; and again I smiled benignly, as I uttered that amazing lie. "We come to stay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-rider-haggard/yes-i-went-on-we-do-indeed-and-again-i-smiled-benignly-as-i-uttered/) [H. Rider Haggard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-rider-haggard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f6/h-rider-haggard-3876_quote_yes-i-went-on-we-do-indeed-and-again-i-s_1919845.jpg) > [“So there are no dirges in Terrasen that are sung in a different language?” “No,” he said, drawing out the word as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/so-there-are-no-dirges-in-terrasen-that-are-sung-in-a-different/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e76/sarah-j-maas-58_ten-years_so-there-are-no-dirges-in-terrasen-that_2492551.png) > [“Mrs. Scamler,’ she said, ‘do you study French, ma'am?’ ‘I do, indeed,’ I said; ‘two hours a day.’ ‘Then, ma’am,’ she says,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-davidson/mrs-scamler-she-said-do-you-study-french-ma-am-i-do-indeed-i-said-two/) [John Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-davidson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cc/john-davidson-29855_children_mrs-scamler-she-said-do-you-study-french_2436767.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/language-said/#itemlist", "name": "Language Said Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.", "creator": { 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It was hard... thus... to learn English... this language of wood. For the people of your nation, Octavian, all speech is song.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "M. T. Anderson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-t-anderson-3/and-then-this-she-offered-to-me-my-one-truth-our-language-she-said-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/m-t-anderson-3-71142_communication_and-then-this-she-offered-to-me-my-one-t_3212611.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/m-t-anderson-3-71142_communication_and-then-this-she-offered-to-me-my-one-t_3212611.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/m-t-anderson-3-71142_communication_and-then-this-she-offered-to-me-my-one-t_3212611.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And then, this she offered to me, my one truth: \"Our language,\" she said, \"is not spoken, but sung… Not…” — M. T. 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Suck on that, Rome boy.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Amy Fecteau" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-fecteau/latin-s-a-dead-language-anyway-he-said-bite-your-tongue-quin-sounded/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/430/amy-fecteau-32800_latin_latin-s-a-dead-language-anyway-he-said-b_3034664.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/430/amy-fecteau-32800_latin_latin-s-a-dead-language-anyway-he-said-b_3034664.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/430/amy-fecteau-32800_latin_latin-s-a-dead-language-anyway-he-said-b_3034664.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Latin’s a dead language, anyway,” he said. “Bite your tongue.” Quin sounded like a shocked grandmother…” — Amy Fecteau", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Our citizens must act as Americans; not as Americans with a prefix and qualifications; not as Irish-Americans, German-Americans, native Americans—but as Americans pure and simple.28 We must have only one language here, he said, “the language of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, of Lincoln’s Gettysburg speech and Second Inaugural, and of Washington’s farewell address.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mary Beth Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-beth-smith/our-citizens-must-act-as-americans-not-as-americans-with-a-prefix-and-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24a/mary-beth-smith-57565_farewell-address_our-citizens-must-act-as-americans-not-a_2195100.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24a/mary-beth-smith-57565_farewell-address_our-citizens-must-act-as-americans-not-a_2195100.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24a/mary-beth-smith-57565_farewell-address_our-citizens-must-act-as-americans-not-a_2195100.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Our citizens must act as Americans; not as Americans with a prefix and qualifications; not as…” — Mary Beth Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The next night, alone in the tent, Laurent said: 'As we draw closer to the border, I think it would be safer--more private--to hold our discussions in your language rather than mine.' He said it in carefully pronounced Akielon. Damen stared at him, feeling as though the world had just been rearranged. 'What is it?' said Laurent. 'Nice accent,' said Damen, because despite everything, the corner of his mouth was beginning helplessly to curve up. [...] It was of course no surprise to find that Laurent had a well-stocked armoury of elegant phrases and bitchy remarks, but could not talk in detail about anything sensible.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "S.U. 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Pacat", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Yes,\" I went on, \"we do, indeed\"; and again I smiled benignly, as I uttered that amazing lie. \"We come to stay with you a little while, and to bless you by our sojourn. Ye will see, O friends, that I have prepared myself for this visit by the learning of your language.\" \"It is so, it is so,\" said the chorus. \"Only, my lord,\" put in the old gentleman, \"thou hast learnt it very badly.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "H. 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I’ll admit to my own morbid curiosity in that I’d hoped to hear them ten years ago, but by the time the slaughter had ended, there was no one left in those noble houses to sing them.” No one, except … You will always be my enemy.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah J. Maas" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/so-there-are-no-dirges-in-terrasen-that-are-sung-in-a-different/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e76/sarah-j-maas-58_ten-years_so-there-are-no-dirges-in-terrasen-that_2492551.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e76/sarah-j-maas-58_ten-years_so-there-are-no-dirges-in-terrasen-that_2492551.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e76/sarah-j-maas-58_ten-years_so-there-are-no-dirges-in-terrasen-that_2492551.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“So there are no dirges in Terrasen that are sung in a different language?” “No,” he said, drawing out the…” — Sarah J. 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No; and if a grown woman takes the measles, it’s bad on her; and if a widow takes to learning French we know what that means.’ ‘It’s a very immoral language,’ said the school-masters wife, for she hadn’t paid the butcher’s bill for six months, as I happened to know. ‘Shocking,’ said the chemist’s wife. ‘I knew a woman who read French, and she ran away from her husband, and died of consumption. For it’s in the language. My husband says its rotten and corrupt, and he ought to know, being a chemist by examination. Mrs. Scamler, you need a pill or a draught or something, for I declare you look quite dissolute already.’ And me only beginning irregular verbs!”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Davidson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-davidson/mrs-scamler-she-said-do-you-study-french-ma-am-i-do-indeed-i-said-two/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cc/john-davidson-29855_children_mrs-scamler-she-said-do-you-study-french_2436767.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cc/john-davidson-29855_children_mrs-scamler-she-said-do-you-study-french_2436767.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cc/john-davidson-29855_children_mrs-scamler-she-said-do-you-study-french_2436767.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Mrs. Scamler,’ she said, ‘do you study French, ma'am?’ ‘I do, indeed,’ I said; ‘two hours a day.’ ‘Then…” — John Davidson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/language-said/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/language-said/", "name": "Language Said Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/language-said/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/914/robert-benchley-2562_command_drawing-on-my-fine-command-of-the-englis_1486304.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 16 Language Said quotes by 16 authors. 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