Consistent Quote by Rosalie Maggio

Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud…

— Gilbert Highet

A language does not become fixed. The human intellect is always on the march, or, if you prefer, in movement, and languages with it.

— Victor Hugo

Language is basic to all of our existences in this world. We depend on it.

— Garry Winogrand

Languages are something of a mess. They evolve over centuries through an unplanned, democratic process that leaves them teeming with irregularities, quirks, and words…

— Joshua Foer

Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we resist the idea that it is constantly changing, constantly…

— Casey Miller

Languages are dying at an unprecedented rate. A language dies every 14 days.

— Patricia Ryan

Languages differ essentially in what they must convey and not in what they may convey.

— Roman Jakobson

Language changes very fast.

— John Maynard Smith

Changes in language often reflect the changing values of a culture.

— Ravi Zacharias

Language does not stand still. Surprisingly, despite this knowledge, most speakers are fearful of change.

— Peter Farb

Language is always ambivalent. Its forms mutate and connect in unexpected ways. It's hard to instrumentalize language. But I think it's better to explore…

— McKenzie Wark

In general, I agree with Jacob Grimm and feel that we ought to permit changes and uncontrolled growth in language. Even though that also…

— Gunter Grass