Language Quote by Rosi Braidotti

“Polyglots have more fun.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“The fantastically wasteful prodigality of human tongues, the Babel enigman, points to a vital multiplication of mortal liberties. Each language speaks the world in…

— George Steiner

“I have even begun to speak in foreign tongues roaming like a nomad in my own town.”

— W.G. Sebald

“Language is the rich fabric that enshrouds all experience that is truly human. Those who are hyperpolyglots therefore adorn multiple layers of beautiful fabrics…

— Usman W. Chohan

“Languages are like beings: they thrive, take a dive, and need care to survive.”

— Mouloud Benzadi

“When it comes to linguistic form, Plato walks with the Macedonian swineherd, Confucius with the head-hunting savage of Assam.”

— Anonymous

“A person can speak many languages and still struggle to say what they feel.”

— Yurii Ivchenko

“Languages are not strangers to on another.”

— Walter Benjamin

“As neanderthals, writing on the caves, I write as a way to behave”

— J. Michael Wahlgren

“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

“The Inuit language has no difference between he or she, or between mankind and animal,” she adds. “They’re all equal.”5”

— Colin Woodard

“A language brings with it a mass of perceptions, clichés, judgements and inspirations.”

— Nicholas Ostler