Handle Quote by Charles Baudelaire

To handle a language skillfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery.

— Charles Baudelaire

“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

Words are seductive and dangerous material, to be used with caution.

— Barbara Tuchman

I curse all negative purism that tells me not to use a word from another language that either expresses something that my own language…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“The gifts of fate come with a price. For those who have been favored by life’s indulgence, rigorous respect in matters of beauty is…

— Muriel Barbery

Language is the dress of thought; and as the noblest mien or most graceful action would be degraded and obscured by a garb appropriated…

— Samuel Johnson

Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into…

— Katherine Dunn

“We have an obligation to use language. To push ourselves: to find out what words mean and how to deploy them, to communicate clearly,…

— Neil Gaiman

“Among people who might be described as having at least a passing regard for the English language, there are few instances of usage that…

— Ammon Shea

Words can sometimes be used to confuse, but it's up to the practitioners of the study of language to apply them for good and…

— Frank Luntz

Words are dangerous things.

— Corra May Harris