Bounds Quote by Desmond Tutu

Ubuntu is very difficult to render into a Western language. It speaks of the very essence of being human.... you are generous, you are…

— Desmond Tutu

Language forces us to perceive the world as man presents it to us.

— Julia Penelope

Language is one of the thin walls humanity has built up over centuries against its own bestial and destructive impulses.

— Storm Jameson

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

We inhabit a language rather than a country.

— Emile M. Cioran

I'm a champion for western civilization and, yes, our English language is a big part of it. It's a carrier of freedom. Wherever the…

— Steve King

I'm interested in the way language is used to navigate the world around us.

— John Burnside

As many languages you know, as many times you are a human being

— Tomas Garrigue Masaryk

It might be inevitable that we have to confront the idea that our destiny is to be one world with one language.

— Mark Pagel

Our culture is like a garment that does not fit us, or in any case no longer fits us. This culture is like a…

— Jean Dubuffet

Our language, history, and civilization shine out across every continent.

— Emmanuel Macron

“so many languages have fallen off the edge of the world”

— Lucille Clifton