Book Quote by Clive James

You don't talk to a linguist without having what you say taken down and used in evidence against you at some point in time.

— David Crystal

I've had the privilege of learning foreign languages. Instead of merely speaking a watered-down form of my mother tongue, like most people, I'm also…

— Peter Høeg

I come from a family of linguists. My maternal grandparents have been authors and translators.

— Ishaan Khatter

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

I tell ya, if I hadn't chosen the career of being a performer, I think linguistics would have been a natural area that I'd…

— George Carlin

Humans are crude linguists from the moment of birth - and perhaps even in the womb - to the extent at least that we…

— Jeffrey Kluger

I've lived a lot with people who speak different languages.

— Alice Rohrwacher

I was very adept at acquiring languages.

— Anna Held

I have my own vocabulary. I love linguistics. That surprises people.

— Matthew McConaughey

“Linguists are no different from any other people who spend more than nineteen hours a day pondering the complexities of grammar and its relationship…

— Ronald Langacker

Each language is a different lens from through which you view the world. So, learn as much as you can!

— Henry Lau

I have never felt at ease in language. I did not grow up among books or among people who read them. I heard words…

— Gary Lutz