Because Quote by Richard Lederer

English is the largest of human tongues, with several times the vocabulary of the second largest language -- this alone made it inevitable that…

— Robert A. Heinlein

English has been this vacuum cleaner of a language, because of its history meeting up with the Romans and then the Danes, the Vikings…

— David Crystal

“In the history of humanity, there have been many languages, including French, that have served as universal languages: Latin, Chinese, Arabic, and more. Yet…

— Minae Mizumura

“Isn't language loss a good thing, because fewer languages mean easier communication among the world's people? Perhaps, but it's a bad thing in other…

— Jared Diamond

Of course, English is a very powerful language, a colonizer's language and a gift to a writer. English has destroyed and sucked up the…

— Louise Erdrich

English does have a larger vocabulary than other languages because of its history as the primary language of science and its global reach.

— David Crystal

The best language is always found in books because it's considered. It's a high language. Sometimes, it is complex and difficult. It's empowering and…

— Jeanette Winterson

Language is one of the greatest gifts man has devised for himself. It ranks, alongside the discovery of fire and the wheel, as a…

— Edward R. Murrow

Realistically, English is a universal language; it's the number one language for music and for communicating with the rest of the world.

— Enrique Iglesias

I'm a champion for western civilization and, yes, our English language is a big part of it. It's a carrier of freedom. Wherever the…

— Steve King

“There is nothing intrinsic in the English language that made it attain such prominence. It is far from easy to learn. (A recent study…

— Minae Mizumura

Language is mankind’s greatest invention – except, of course, that it was never invented.

— Guy Deutscher