Behave Quote by Talal Asad

“Language is deeply entwined in the intellectual development of humanity itself, it accompanies the latter upon every step of its localized progression or regression;…

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

Human beings do not live in the objective world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very…

— Edward Sapir

“Humanity is not defined by the languages we speak or the flags we fly, but by the connections we forge through empathy and understanding.”

— Camellia Yang

Language as a real thing is not imitation either of sounds or colors or emotions it is an intellectual recreation and there is nopossible…

— Gertrude Stein

The basic agreement between human beings, indeed what makes them human and makes them social, is language.

— Monique Wittig

Humans are a social species more than any other, and in order to build a community, which for some reason humans have to do…

— Daniel Everett

I think when we engage in language we are engaging in something that is specifically and primally human.

— ZZ Packer

'Humanity' is a name not merely for a species but also for a quality.

— Bernard Williams

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

— Garry Winogrand

Human beings are human beings whether they speak or not.

— Max von Sydow

Language is one of the thin walls humanity has built up over centuries against its own bestial and destructive impulses.

— Storm Jameson

Language is an intrinsic part of who we are and what has, for good or evil, happened to us.

— Alice Walker