Language Lacks Quotes
- The English language lacks the words 'to mourn an absence.' For the loss of a parent, grandparent, spouse, child or friend we have all manner… — Laura Bush
- Mass communication communicates massively: its language lacks precise articulation and avoids demanding terms; it argues for the kind of behavior in life which will make… — Frederic Raphael
- Has it ever occurred to you,' he said, 'that the whole history of English poetry has been de-termined by the fact that the English language… — George Orwell
- At the same time, new concepts and abstractions flow into the picture, taking up the task of describing the universe without reference to such time… — Benjamin Whorf