Language Quote by Paul Kalanithi

“I have the strange feeling that man created language but now it creates us.”

— Kiran Nagarkar

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

— Brian Kiteley

“Ordinary language was a form of life that needed - and permitted - nothing beyond itself. Humans were figures in a world they had…

— Anonymous

“Those who first acquired language and tried to think the human situation were utterly overwhelmed. They could cope only by imagining that there were…

— Don Cupitt

“I'm amazed with language, it's so complex, yet so simple...everything can be influenced by it, and everything can influence it.”

— Kimberly Loskov

“Written language may have been conceived as a modest way of describing reality, bit it gradually became a powerful way to reshape reality.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Language by its very nature is naive,we make it complex and naughty. We make it look and sound like what it is not.”

— Nahiyan bin Asadullah

“Stories open the door to the darkened room. Language can carry us past the horror to the sense of purpose in a life that…

— Dorothy Allison

“Living like that utterly convinced me of the extreme limitations of language. I was just a child then, so I had only an intuitive…

— Banana Yoshimoto

“but you had a point about language. When you get right down to it, it’s a work-around. Like trying to describe dreams with smoke…

— Peter Watts

“There was never anything to be gained from observing what humans said to one another--language was just there to hide their thoughts.”

— Terry Pratchett

“Language is the gateway of the mind and a bridge that connects us to other human beings. Language enables a person to share their…

— Kilroy J. Oldster