Bacteria Quote by Tom Wolfe

The human species took a crucial step forward when its vocal musculature came under operant control in the production of speech sounds. Indeed, it…

— B. F. Skinner

It's no big deal about how you get language to evolve. You cause language to evolve by saying new and intelligent things to each…

— Terence McKenna

The thinking is that we started evolving language not by speaking but by gesturing.

— Frans de Waal

For the human species to evolve, the conversation must deepen.

— Margaret Mead

“the slight evolutionary change that pushed man’s larynx deeper into his throat, and thus made choking a possibility, also brought with it the possibility…

— Bill Bryson

“evolution  only happens by learning new skills, developing these skills and qualities, and then embodying them.”

— Martin Faulks

Speech is one of the marvels that characterize man, and also one of the most difficult spontaneous creations that have been accomplished by nature.

— Maria Montessori

I don't think language could have evolved if it was the only distinctive trait. It goes hand in hand with our ability to develop…

— Steven Pinker

We have to evolve, we have to change, and in order to do that, we have to initiate the change.

— Edwin Catmull

The survival or preservation of certain favoured words in the struggle for existence is natural selection.

— Charles Darwin

Evolution works by selection, not by instruction. There is no final cause, no teleology, no purpose guiding the overall process

— Gerald Edelman

Even if language is a living evolving organism, we don't have to embrace all the changes that occur during our lifetimes. If language is…

— Christopher Lehmann-Haupt