Black and white Quote by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we resist the idea that it is constantly changing, constantly…

— Casey Miller

I learned a new language for it all in the 90s. Which in some ways isn't bad... I mean getting people to think about…

— Adrian Matejka

New words can spread like wildfire thanks to social media - you only have to look at 'mansplaining' and 'milkshake duck' to see language…

— Susie Dent

To the extent that language forces experiences into categories it is a screen between reality and the human being. In a word, we pay…

— Abraham Maslow

There are words that exist in one language and not in another language. It creates barriers that keep us from understanding each other. I'm…

— Jenova Chen

Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud…

— Gilbert Highet

I think language is a system that we have devised to negotiate a series of more amorphous entities. It's a layer you can use…

— Blake Butler

I think we're still in a muddle with our language, because once you get words and a spoken language it gets harder to communicate.

— Jane Goodall

On the other hand, in a society whose communication component is becoming more prominent day by day, both as a reality and as an…

— Jean-Francois Lyotard

Language is very deceiving. In certain languages, there is certain vocabulary that doesn't exist in other languages. It totally changes how people feel about…

— Jenova Chen

If you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language.

— Haruki Murakami

I can't think of how many meetings I've sat through where people have explained that language has become less important because we now live…

— Michael Rosen