Language Quotes
The development of language is part of the development of the personality, for words are the natural means of expressing thoughts and establishing understanding between people.
Maria MontessoriMaria Montessori Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.
Henry JamesHenry James The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
George EliotGeorge Eliot I believe that each writer must decide in which language he or she is most comfortable.
Wole SoyinkaWole Soyinka The price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use.
Chinua AchebeChinua Achebe They place great stress on the clarity of our language for expressing nuances and showing subtleties.
Bernard PivotBernard Pivot The language of the Church Of England still reflects that Victorian time.
Alan GreenAlan Green People need realness, reality. People can sense when someone is being pretentious or fake. It’s because you feel it; you see it in someone’s body language.
AfrojackAfrojack I love rearranging words and destroying language and the established forms of art and music/challenging the reasoning of others.
Alan BishopAlan Bishop One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man.
John BergerJohn Berger Language is the key to the heart of people.
Ahmed DeedatAhmed Deedat The image is a great reminder how we create our world through interpretations made up of language and symbols.
Alan BriskinAlan Briskin According to the United Nations’ latest count, of the approximately 3,000 languages spoken in the world today, only some 78 have a literature. Of those 78, a scant five or six enjoy a truly international audience.
Barry SandersBarry Sanders When someone says, “I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done,” give him a lollipop.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis In terms of language, English is very dominant vis-Ã-vis African language. That in itself is a power relationship – between languages and communities – because the English language is a determinant of the ladder to achievement.
Ngugi wa Thiong'oNgugi wa Thiong'o In English every word can be verbed.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis