Language Quote by Anonymous

“Human Language is like a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, when all the time we are…

— Gustave Flaubert

Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move…

— Gustave Flaubert

Flaubert was right when he said that our use of language is like a cracked kettle on which we bang out tunes for bears…

— Christopher Hitchens

“...and since, human speech is like a cracked tin kettle, on which we hammer out tunes to make bears dance when we long to…

— Flaubert Gustave

“No one, ever, can give the exact measure of his needs, his apprehensions, or his sorrows; and human speech is like a cracked cauldron…

— Gustave Flaubert

“Language is like poppies. It just takes something to churn the earth round them up, and when it does up come the sleeping words,…

— Ali Smith

“Language is like poppies. It just takes something to churn the earth round them up, and when it does up come the sleeping words,…

— Ali Smith

Silly humans. Banging on a tub to make a bear dance when we would move the stars to pity.

— Michael Cunningham

“Bears that dance, bears that don't.”

— Cormac McCarthy

“Music is the universal language, because it is the language of the universe.”

— Charles F. Glassman

“We're living in a teetering tower of babble. A shaky reality of words. A DNA soup for disaster. The natural world destroyed, we're left…

— Chuck Palanhiuk

“We make bear sounds, talk bear language when we are in a fighting mood. "Harrnh"--and you are as good as gone.”

— John (Fire) Lame Deer