Language Quote by James Russell Lowell

“Through his powers of intellect, articulate language has been evolved; and on this his wonderful advancement has mainly depended.”

— Charles Darwin

“The English major reads because, as rich as the one life he has may be, one life is not enough.”

— Mark Edmundson

“Would you rather be affluent, or influential? I’d rather be fluent in the language of love.”

— Jarod Kintz

“Even the language to which a man is born and in which he makes known his wants is a foreign language. What goes on…

— Harry W. Wilson

“Words are man’s first and most grandiose invention. With language he created a whole new universe; what wonder if he loved words and attributed…

— Aldous Huxley

“but you had a point about language. When you get right down to it, it’s a work-around. Like trying to describe dreams with smoke…

— Peter Watts

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

— Brian Kiteley

“The complexity of language, he thought to himself, lies not in its subject matter but in our knotted understanding.”

— Alexander Theroux

“The more a man is given to sentiment ,the more likely is he to be wordy and to speak well.”

— Denis de Rougemont

“To some of us, the wresting of beauty out of language is the only thing in the world that matters.”

— Anthony Burgess

“He doesn’t have the words, so he does practical things instead.”

— Ann Aguirre

“A man is rich not only by what he has, but also, and above all, by what he doesn't.”

— Neel Burton