Doe Quote by Victor Hugo

if there's one thing consistent about language it is that it is constantly changing. The only languages that do not change are those whose…

— Rosalie Maggio

Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud…

— Gilbert Highet

Much more of the brain is devoted to movement than to language. Language is only a little thing sitting on top of this huge…

— Oliver Sacks

Language changes very fast.

— John Maynard Smith

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

— Alice Walker

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

— Garry Winogrand

Languages are something of a mess. They evolve over centuries through an unplanned, democratic process that leaves them teeming with irregularities, quirks, and words…

— Joshua Foer

In general, I agree with Jacob Grimm and feel that we ought to permit changes and uncontrolled growth in language. Even though that also…

— Gunter Grass

Language is one of the fundamental principles of human understanding. It is the way we interact with each other and how we grasp the…

— Linus Torvalds

The language marches in step with the executioners. Therefore we must get a new language.

— Tomas Transtromer

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

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end.

— George Orwell