Contrary Quote by Richard M. Weaver

To the extent that language forces experiences into categories it is a screen between reality and the human being. In a word, we pay…

— Abraham Maslow

The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand.

— Lewis Thomas

It is as though the ancestors who made language and knew from what bestiality its use rescued them are saying to us: Beware of…

— Chinua Achebe

Language is an intrinsic part of who we are and what has, for good or evil, happened to us.

— Alice Walker

Language exists to communicate whatever it can communicate. Some things it communicates so badly that we never attempt to communicate them by words if…

— C. S. Lewis

Language is very deceiving. In certain languages, there is certain vocabulary that doesn't exist in other languages. It totally changes how people feel about…

— Jenova Chen

We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted.

— H. R. Haldeman

I think language is a system that we have devised to negotiate a series of more amorphous entities. It's a layer you can use…

— Blake Butler

Language is one component of the human cognitive capacity which happens to be fairly amenable to enquiry. So we know a good deal about…

— Noam Chomsky

Language, as we know, is full of illogicalities.

— Gunnar Myrdal

“Language is a living being that grows and dies. It can be healthy, sick, nurtured, or malnourished. It all depends on those using it.…

— Louis Yako

Language is the currency of consciousness. We speak to fill the void. We write it down to remember.

— Andrew Lakey