Quotes about Language

if you talk to a man in a second language , your talking to his brain ,if you talk to him in his mother language you're talking to his heart -

For it is God's business to create, and people's business to name.

I felt as if the words I had spoken that day had soiled my tongue and mouth.

I pass billboards that announce in black and white, in English, 'Jesus loves even you'. I feel uplifted by the unexpected encouragement; I'm only slightly alarmed by the 'even'. (page 336)

we Christians must show again that we are both people of the Word and people who believe in words. Words are never mere words for us

Every kiss has its own meaning. As the early-twentieth-century French chanteuse Mistinguett said: "A kiss can be a comma, a question mark, or an exclamation point. That's basic spelling that every woman ought to know.

Winning the war of words involves choosing our words carefully. It is not just about the words we say, but also about the words we choose not to say.

Word problems are often interpretation problems. We do not say the right thing because we do not believe the right thing.

You do not really understand the significance of words until you realize that the first words that human ears ever heard were not the words of another human being, but the words of God! The value of every piece of human communication is rooted in the fact that God speaks.

This side of eternity in this broken world, cursing is the default language of the kingdom of self, but mourning is the default language of the kingdom of God. Which language will you speak today?

Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate.

Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate.