Complexity Quote by Paul Fry

When we humans speak, we are not merely communicating information but attempting to make an impression and achieve a goal.

— Francine Prose

We speak not only to tell other people what we think, but to tell ourselves what we think. Speech is a part of thought.

— Oliver Sacks

At all crucial moments in our lives we want to speak without knowing what to say.

— Joyce Carol Oates

We think of speaking as something we do naturally, without any effort. But like playing music, it requires attention and knowledge and practice.

— Theodore Zeldin

For me, language is about the impossibility of communicating what we precisely wish to communicate and this gorgeous attempt that we make to do…

— Mohsin Hamid

When we turn around and come face to face with our destiny, we discover that spoken words are not enough. I know so many…

— Anonymous

We are simple-minded enough to think that if we were saying something we would use words. We are rather doing something. The meaning of…

— John Cage

If we are not most careful with our thoughts and speech, the words we use will use us. Language has its own ethics, and…

— Ted E. Brewerton

The human need for language is not simply for the transmission of meaning, it is at the same time listening to and affirming a…

— Gao Xingjian

We men do nothing but lie and make ourselves important. Speech was invented for the purpose of magnifying all of our sensations and impressions…

— Miguel de Unamuno

I think when we engage in language we are engaging in something that is specifically and primally human.

— ZZ Packer

When you say words a lot they don't mean anything. Or maybe they don't mean anything anyway, and we just think they do.

— Neil Gaiman