Language Quote by Samuel Johnson

I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations.

— Samuel Johnson

Languages are the pedigree of nations.

— Samuel Johnson

When a language die we don't know what we lose with language.

— Patricia Ryan

There's a tremendous amount of language loss. Most of the attention is given to indigenous languages, which makes sense, but some of the most…

— Noam Chomsky

“The spread of languages shouldn't imply the decay of national languages. There are so many literary and historical memories, so many joys and sorrows…

— Kató Lomb

If this hast been done to language, I fear to know the fate of all else.

— Michael J. Sullivan

“so many languages have fallen off the edge of the world”

— Lucille Clifton

To lovers of the long and intricate history of language the disuse and final death of certain words is a matter of regret. Yet…

— Mary Ellen Chase

I love language, and I love the failure of language.

— Nate Lowman

I doubt that national languages will disappear. In fact, to some extent they're becoming more diverse, like in Europe.

— Noam Chomsky

Go back so far there is another language go back far enough the language is no longer personal.

— Adrienne Rich

So, rather than becoming multicultural, rather than becoming a person of several languages, rather than becoming confident in your knowledge of the world, you…

— Richard Rodriguez