Inspirational Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Because everyone uses language to talk, everyone thinks they can talk about language.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Speech happens to not be his language.

— Madame de Stael

Language is the memory of man. Without it he has no past, a paltry present, and an empty future. With it he can bring…

— Edward R. Murrow

Everyone, he went on, speaks a language he does not understand, but which now and then is understood by others. That is enough to…

— Thomas Bernhard

Language develops by interacting with other people talking to you.

— Jean Berko Gleason

Language is one component of the human cognitive capacity which happens to be fairly amenable to enquiry. So we know a good deal about…

— Noam Chomsky

The most incomprehensible talk comes from people who have no other use for language than to make themselves understood.

— Karl Kraus

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

— Laura Schlessinger

Some people think more than they speak.

— Ritu Ghatourey

So much of language is unspoken. So much of language is compromised of looks and gestures and sounds that are not words. People are…

— Garth Stein

“Why doesn't everyone speak the same language?”

— Lauren Alexander

A lot of people talk too much. They speak... except they don't.

— Travis Fimmel