Language Quote by Carol Shields

Human beings are human beings whether they speak or not.

— Max von Sydow

If language is intimately related to being human, then when we study language we are, to a remarkable degree, studying human nature.

— Charlton Laird

If our language is watered down, then mankind becomes less human, and less free.

— Madeleine L'Engle

I think when we engage in language we are engaging in something that is specifically and primally human.

— ZZ Packer

In the phrase ' human being,' the word 'being' is much more important than the word 'human.'

— Karen Joy Fowler

... nothing is more human than substituting the quantity of words and actions for their character. But using imprecise words is very similar to…

— Robert Musil

Language has multiple uses, and is embedded in different forms of life. It is not necessary to have this grand concept of "humanity" in…

— Talal Asad

Language is the most elementary aspect to our humanness, probably. In addition to that, it's the embodiment, it's the apotheosis of the human experience,…

— George Carlin

There is a lot of difference between Human being and Being human. But Very few understand it..! Think About It..!

— Ritu Ghatourey

Because without our language, we have lost ourselves. Who are we without our words?

— Melina Marchetta

It is easier not to speak a word at all than to speak more words than we should.

— Thomas a Kempis

The only living language is the language in which we think and have our being.

— Antonio Machado