Quotes about Language

Words people say not only have a shelf life but have the ability to shape life.

human language is inadequate to the divine praise

We need to call sin what the Bible calls it and not soften it with modern expressions borrowed from our culture.

Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?

Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly.

What are you called? Georgette. How are you called? Jacob. That's a Flemish name. American too. You're not Flamand? No, American. Good, I detest Flamands.

Wherever I go throughout the world - no matter the language, no matter the culture - I thrill to hear the testimonies of the Saints.

Rhetoric, which is the use of language to inform or persuade, is very important in shaping public opinion. We are very easily fooled by language and how it is used by others.

God's word is always effective and produces whatever it expresses. My words, on the contrary, cannot create anything; I can only change what already is into something else.

The dictionary contains thousands of words on Tamil music. I am not familiar with most of the words, but it shows the rich past of Tamil music.

A friend of mine tells that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.