Language Quote by Mark Abley

“English is not merely a language anymore; it has become a way of life for millions of non-native English speakers around the world.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

English is big business and languages are dying as never before. Is there a connection? Is this another manifestation of McDonaldisation – the undesirable…

— Patricia Ryan

Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to…

— George Orwell

“The English language is damned difficult, but it's also damned rich, and so clear and bright that you can search out the darkest places…

— Katherine Mansfield

“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just…

— James D. Nicoll

“Languages can be powerful things. The stronger ones quite simply bulldoze the weaker ones, assimilating whatever is useful and discarding the rest. It doesn’t…

— Glenn Dixon

“Languages are like beings: they thrive, take a dive, and need care to survive.”

— Mouloud Benzadi

Story of the english language

— Harry Reasoner

“I believe language is infinitely malleable, a live being in our hands, which deserves our great respect and curiosity”

— Brian Kiteley

“I wish I could convey the perfection... But language founders in such seas”

— Yann Martel

“It is a cherishable irony that a language that succeeded almost by stealth, treated for centuries as the inadequate and second-rate tongue of peasants,…

— Bill Bryson

“so many languages have fallen off the edge of the world”

— Lucille Clifton