Big Quote by Susie Dent

Change is legitimate and inevitable, for our language is a mighty river, picking up silt and flotsam here and discarding it there, but growing…

— Robert MacNeil

Language changes very fast.

— John Maynard Smith

Everything has changed. When I was at school and was told I had better learn English, I said: What for? The English are a…

— Juan Manuel Fangio

English, no longer an English language, now grows from many roots.

— Salman Rushdie

English is the only interesting thing that's left in my life.

— Joseph Brodsky

Change in language is hard to capture and when it's visible or audible; it is also hard for some to accept.

— Michael Rosen

“English is not merely a language anymore; it has become a way of life for millions of non-native English speakers around the world.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

So what's really behind the 'English Only' Movement? Fear. Fear of being taken over and one day they will have to learn something different.…

— Cheech Marin

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

We cannot stem linguistic change, but we can drag our feet. If each of us were to defy Alexander Pope and be the last…

— Willard Van Orman Quine

The whole world has changed, so you just stay current with the world. There's nothing different in my language of how I say things.

— Andrew Dice Clay

To change your language you must change your life.

— Derek Walcott