Language Quote by Robert Sarah

“Having words and explanations for things is too modern”

— E. L. Konigsburg

“We no longer have a sufficiently high estimate of ourselves when we communicate. Our true experiences are not garrulous. They could not communicate themselves…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Words are a mirror of their times. By looking at the areas in which the vocabulary of a language is expanding fastest in a…

— John Ayto

“For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk…

— Stephen Hawking

Another definition of modernity: conversations can be more and more completely reconstructed with clips from other conversations taking place at the same time on…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Because we want to know things, how the pieces fit. Talkers seduce, words direct us into corners. We want more than anything to grow…

— Michael Ondaatje

“Words matter. Words make ideas. They preserve truths and history. They express freedom and they shape it. Words mold our thoughts. That gives them…

— Gregory Scott Katsoulis

“Words are not simply an expression of the self; they help to create the self. In struggling to say what we are, we become…

— Thomas S. Kane

“I like the modern form. Anyone who absolutely has to understand everything he sees misses a lot. It's not always true that "obscure words…

— Tarjei Vesaas

Modernity means overabundance. We are living in the age of mass-produced objects, things that come without announcing themselves and end up on our tables,…

— Orhan Pamuk

“Talkativeness is a symptom of deep-seated pessimism. Without it there would be no pessimistic literature.”

— Albert Vigoleis Thelen

“Modern society becomes more and more complex by the day. What used to be traditional isn’t necessarily traditional anymore.”

— Fadi Hattendorf