English language Quote by Ammon Shea

Mutilate the meanings, so they're easy to deny.

— Smashing Pumpkins

We mutilate the meanings, so they are easy to deny.

— Smashing Pumpkins

“I tried to talk like them, cursing and cussing, mutilating the English language into a slang that I could barely stand nor understand.”

— Carol Wambui Ngabura

“It takes a thorough knowledge of the English language to effectively abuse it.”

— Charlene Vermeulen

“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just…

— James D. Nicoll

Underhand euphemism are used, not so much to conceal offence and to deliberately disguise a topic and deceive

— Kate Burridge

“Language is a bountiful gift and its usage, an elaboration of community and society, is a sacred work. Language and usage evolve over time:…

— Muriel Barbery

Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to…

— George Orwell

Obviously people's feelings are going to get hurt when you use certain words, but you can't outlaw words. They're really the history of our…

— David Duchovny

“To use language is to enter into the territory of categories, which are as necessary as they are dangerous.”

— Rebecca Solnit

There is a word, in a verb, something sacred which forbids us from using it recklessly. To handle a language cunningly is to practice…

— Charles Baudelaire

“One of the undoubted virtues of English is that it is a fluid and democratic language in which meanings shift and change in response…

— Bill Bryson