Courses Quote by Guy Deutscher

“Language is mankind's greatest inventiom… that it was never invented.”

— Guy Deutscher

“language is almost the most unique creation of humankind which defines itself; the alternative way of communication/comprehension/conception, yet overusing any invention, can cause Alienation.”

— Fereidoon Yazdi

Language is one of the greatest gifts man has devised for himself. It ranks, alongside the discovery of fire and the wheel, as a…

— Edward R. Murrow

“Words are man's first and most grandiose invention. With language he created a whole new universe;”

— Aldous Huxley

Even if you're a genius and you invent your own language, it doesn't become a language until there are people using it.

— Eyvind Kang

Our biggest technology that we ever, ever invented was articulated language with built-out grammar. It is that that allows us to imagine things far…

— Margaret Atwood

Language, that most human invention, can enable what, in principle, should not be possible. It can allow all of us, even the congenitally blind,…

— Oliver Sacks

Perhaps of all the creations of man language is the most astonishing.

— Lytton Strachey

Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions.

— Carl Sagan

Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.

— Lily Tomlin

“In the history of humanity, there have been many languages, including French, that have served as universal languages: Latin, Chinese, Arabic, and more. Yet…

— Minae Mizumura

Ever since the arrival of printing - thought to be the invention of the devil because it would put false opinions into people's minds…

— David Crystal