Able Quote by Jon Stewart

“the slight evolutionary change that pushed man’s larynx deeper into his throat, and thus made choking a possibility, also brought with it the possibility…

— Bill Bryson

The thinking is that we started evolving language not by speaking but by gesturing.

— Frans de Waal

Speech, originally, was the device whereby Man learned, imperfectly, to transmit the thoughts and emotions of his mind. By setting up arbitrary sounds and…

— Isaac Asimov

The fact that all our ape cousins - chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans - can acquire signs - is powerful evidence that our hominid ancestors'…

— Roger Fouts

Language [can] be expressed . . . by movements of the hands and face just as well as by the small, sound-generating movements of…

— Harlan Lane

The human species took a crucial step forward when its vocal musculature came under operant control in the production of speech sounds. Indeed, it…

— B. F. Skinner

There are many tongues to talk, and but few heads to think.

— Victor Hugo

If we could only make our hands move as actively as our tongues, what wonders we could accomplish! Almost everyone loves to hear his…

— John Wanamaker

Scientists attach great importance to the human capacity for spoken language. But we also have a parallel track of nonverbal communication, which may reveal…

— Leonard Mlodinow

There are all kinds of symbols. Verbal language is only one. Sometimes by opening our mouths, we make dreadful errors. It's often so much…

— Leo Buscaglia

Our method of speaking is interrupted, hard-edged... a lot of consonants and noises.

— Florian Schneider

I assume the body language no matter what in doing voiceover. There is a transformative aspect.

— Jennifer Hale