Century Quote by Olive Schreiner

If words fall into disrepair, what will substitute? They are all we have

— Tony Judt

Crazy, it's amazing how a word loses its meaning when used too many times. That's crazy.

— Anonymous

The extraordinary thing about new words is that probably only about one per cent of them are new. Most are old words revived and…

— Susie Dent

Words can be used for venal purposes. Words are incredible sources of propaganda and can cause terrible havoc.

— Helen Mirren

We must now turn from considering the necessary struggle with language arising, as it were, from its very nature and the nature of the…

— Chinua Achebe

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action...

— Gore Vidal

So now what? What happens when words fail us?

— Nick Hornby

It seems inevitable that the magic of the written word will fade.

— Hugh Mackay

My guilty pleasure at the end of the day is an old thesaurus. I know that can lead to overwriting, but if words such…

— Bettany Hughes

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying…

— Gore Vidal

There is only one way to degrade mankind permanently and that is to destroy language.

— Northrop Frye

A word can be transformed into a coulour, light, a smell; it is the writer's task to use it in such a way that…

— Knut Hamsun