“I’m not a linguist, but do you ever think there’s something wrong with the things we do and don’t have words for?” — Yoon Ha Lee Copy Share Image
You don't talk to a linguist without having what you say taken down and used in evidence against you at some point… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
“I personally never expected anything of Obama, and wrote about it before the 2008 primaries. I thought it was smoke and mirrors… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
As a linguist, I see the arbitrariness of strictures editors force on me as a writer. — John McWhorter Copy Share Image
I feel such a difference between a philologist/linguist and a linguaphile as, say, a choreographer and a ballerina. — Kató Lomb Copy Share Image
I'm certainly not a linguist. I learned what languages I could learn in order to read books and I can't really speak… — Clive James Copy Share Image
We decipherers cannot afford to be as picky as the linguist, who can always run back to a native speaker for a… — E. J. W. Barber Copy Share Image