Any Quote by Daniel Everett

The basic agreement between human beings, indeed what makes them human and makes them social, is language.

— Monique Wittig

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

Communication is at the very core of our society. That's what makes us human.

— Jan Koum

Language is possible due to a number of cognitive and physical characteristics that are unique to humans but none of which that are unique…

— Daniel Everett

I think the use of language is a very important means by which this species, because of its biological nature, creates a kind of…

— Noam Chomsky

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

I think a very important aspect of language has to do with the establishment of social relations and interactions. Often, this is described as…

— Noam Chomsky

Language is one of the fundamental principles of human understanding. It is the way we interact with each other and how we grasp the…

— Linus Torvalds

While language can surely be used for communication (as can much else), communication probably has no special role in its design or evolution.

— Noam Chomsky

Humans are humans because we are able to communicate with each other and to organize to do things together that we can't do individually.

— Howard Rheingold

Language is our way of communicating what we want and who we are.

— Laura Schlessinger

Language is handy, but we humans have social and emotional connections that transcend words and are communicated - and understood - without conscious thought.

— Leonard Mlodinow