Language Quote by John Ayto

“Words are the wellspring of the world, and language is the most powerful weapon in the ancient and still unfolding war between truth and…

— Dean Koontz

“A word's meaning depends not so much on its linguistic past but rather on the place the word occupies in relation to the general…

— Anonymous

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action...

— Gore Vidal

“humans live in a world where it’s words and not deeds that have power, where the ultimate skill is mastery of language.”

— Muriel Barbery

“insights emerging from their primary language”

— Kelly M. Kapic

“We are the creature of language, and through language we affirm ourselves, we find out about the world, including ourselves, through words, and we…

— Robert Coles

“The 20th century linguistic revolution is the recognition that language is not merely a device for communicating ideas about the world, but rather a…

— Oliver Benjamin

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

— Megan Shepherd

“Language is art, language is imagery, music, rhythm, thought, responsibility and communication. With the extensive English vocabulary available to us, an abundance of words…

— Ellen Palestrant

“The more clearly we are able to express ourselves, the less room there is for ambiguity. The more elaborate and the more precise our…

— John Humphrys

“Living like that utterly convinced me of the extreme limitations of language. I was just a child then, so I had only an intuitive…

— Banana Yoshimoto

“The worlds in which different societies live are distinct worlds, not merely the same world with different labels attached ... We see and hear…

— Edward Sapir