Agitate Quote by Mary Oliver

Without language we would have no reason, without reason no religion, and without these three essential aspects of our nature, neither mind nor bond…

— Johann Georg Hamann

Language is the memory of man. Without it he has no past, a paltry present, and an empty future. With it he can bring…

— Edward R. Murrow

Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry, or…

— Nelson Mandela

“Language is the element of definition, the defining and descriptive incantation. It puts the coin between our teeth. It whistles the boat up. It…

— Charles Wright

We have only the language for fun and miserable, and maybe we need language for deep and shallow, meaningful and meaningless.

— Rebecca Solnit

Language is basic to all of our existences in this world. We depend on it.

— Garry Winogrand

No language is justly studied merely as an aid to other purposes. It will in fact better serve other purposes, philological or historical, when…

— J. R. R. Tolkien

Language is so inherent to humanity, so necessary for even basic thinking, that stories and poetry are available to anyone who can process language.

— Aleksandar Hemon

When it's done with being graceful and poetic, language is meant to communicate, after all.

— Max Barry

Language should fulfill your individual existence as a wholesome human being... Language should be more than just getting by.

— Chogyam Trungpa

Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.

— Salman Rushdie

If we had no language we'd have nothing.

— Toni Morrison