Language Quote by Markus Zusak

The language denotes the man. A coarse or refined character finds its expression naturally in a coarse or refined phraseology.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.

— Benjamin Franklin

“My definition of dictionary can’t be found in the dictionary. Dictionary—A linguistic prison, confining words to well-defined cells, with little chance of parole.”

— Jarod Kintz

When I need to know the meaning of a word, I look it up in a dictionary.

— William Safire

At a certain point, what people mean when they use a word becomes its meaning.

— William Safire

The dictionary is a closed system in which someone interested in the meaning of a word can go around and around and end up…

— Peter Farb

If you have a big enough dictionary, just about everything is a word.

— Dave Barry

I know words are words. They can mean the world to you or they can be all talk and no walk.

— DaniAlla

Words are just words that spit out of a persons mouth unless they give them definition by showing actions that give the same meaning.

— Megan

Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang.

— John Galsworthy

Words are the motes of thought, and nothing more.

— Philip James Bailey

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.

— Carl Sandburg