Civilization Quote by Julian Jaynes

We not only speak but think and even dream in words. Language is a mirror in which the whole spiritual development of mankind reflects…

— Ernest Klein

“Language is deeply entwined in the intellectual development of humanity itself, it accompanies the latter upon every step of its localized progression or regression;…

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

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

— Frans de Waal

Evolution teaches us the original purpose of language was to ritualize men's threats and curses, his spells to compel the gods; communication came later.

— Gene Wolfe

“It has always been a mystery to me how Adam, Eve, and the serpent were taught the same language. Where did they get it?…

— Robert G. Ingersoll

Language expresses people's thinking and it was by a Word that God created the world and preserves it.

— Walter Lang

This unique strategy that the advanced primates created, the strategy of using language to bind time, is what the process we call 'civilization' has…

— Terence McKenna

The significance of language for the evolution of culture lies in this, that mankind set up in language a separate world beside the other…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Man's great power of thinking, remembering, and communicating are responsible for the evolution of civilization.

— Linus Pauling

It's no big deal about how you get language to evolve. You cause language to evolve by saying new and intelligent things to each…

— Terence McKenna

I don't think language could have evolved if it was the only distinctive trait. It goes hand in hand with our ability to develop…

— Steven Pinker

Civilization grew in the beginning from the minute that we had communication - particularly communication by sea that enabled people to get inspiration and…

— Thor Heyerdahl