Language Quote by Donald Barthelme

“staggering out of Language, into language”

— China Miéville

“I believe language is infinitely malleable, a live being in our hands, which deserves our great respect and curiosity”

— Brian Kiteley

“The limits of my language are the limits of my universe”

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

“The rising and falling cadence of words, carried on the wind, spoken in a language other than human.”

— Megan Shepherd

“Words are a mirror of their times. By looking at the areas in which the vocabulary of a language is expanding fastest in a…

— John Ayto

“Language communicates in terms of what is already know; it chokes up when asked to deal with entirely unprecedented.”

— Vivek Shanbhag

“From incoherent barkings of desire, man can advance to distinct speech now that, labelling the object with a name, he is able to make…

— Georges Bataille

“Languages are like beings: they thrive, take a dive, and need care to survive.”

— Mouloud Benzadi

“Our language is an imperfect instrument created by ancient and ignorant men. It is an animistic language that invites us to talk about stability…

— Semanticist Wendell Johnson

“We all start somewhere; language is communication; and data is derived for nourishment. When anything is over our heads, it's time to stretch. And…

— Bella Bloom

“We took a sledgehammer to the rules of English and reassembled the pieces into a language only we understood.”

— Anthony Marra

There rise authors now and then, who seem proof against the mutability of language, because they have rooted themselves in the unchanging principles of…

— Washington Irving