Civilized Quote by Mario Pei

Words are powerful. The tongue is powerful. And when you write it down, and record it, and press it up, it's 100 million times…

— Cordae

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

— Victor Hugo

Not all tongues that wag cohabit with a brain.

— Donita K. Paul

The tongue has the power of life and death.

— Solomon

“The tongue is our most powerful weapon of manipulation. A frantic stream of words flows from us because we are in a constant process…

— Richard J. Foster

When we advance a little into life, we find that the tongue of man creates nearly all the mischief of the world.

— Edwin Paxton Hood

The tongue is very powerful. It could manipulate or deteriorate the mind, body and soul with its choice of words, and/or its choice of…

— Lucas Hunter

“Linguists have long debated the links between language, culture, and cognition. The theory of linguistic relativity posits that language itself—the specific tongue that we…

— Emily Anthes

I do think it's important that we experiment with new vocabularies. That new words help us conceptualize our social existence in a different way.

— Judith Butler

The tongue is a powerful tool. And the words we say are never forgotten. Never.

— Pat Williams

“In the first place, the direct creation of words. Therein lies the mystery of tongues. To paint with words, which contains figures one knows…

— Victor Hugo

Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we use those…

— J. G. Ballard