Cases Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

“Language is evidently one of the principle instruments or helps of thought; and any imperfection in the instrument, or in the mode of employing…

— John Stuart Mill

I do not pretend that language is science. It isan instrument for the attainment of science.

— Thomas Jefferson

As a musician, language is almost like another instrument. Every word has a sound.

— Rosalia

Language always betrays us, tells the truth when we want to lie, and dissolves into formlessness when we would most like to be precise.

— Jeanette Winterson

Language can be very adept at hiding the truth.

— Dan Brown

Language is an inadequate form of communication. If you've picked up an instrument, it's because you don't feel you are communicating sufficiently.

— Stephen Stills

I had always suspected language was quite limited in its ability to communicate the intricate mysteries of truth.

— Donald Miller

Language is a serious weapon in shining and sharing Truth. It is also a serious weapon used in its distortion.

— Suzy Kassem

Keep in mind that a language is both a map of the world and its own world, with its own shadowlands and crevasses -…

— David Foster Wallace

Language is the principal tool with which we communicate; but when words are used carelessly or mistakenly, what was intended to advance mutual understanding…

— Irving Copi

There's something in music which is obviously beyond language itself. It's communication in its purest form.

— Matthew Bellamy

Music is a language.

— Youssou N'Dour