Language Quotes

Simply stated, it is sagacious to eschew obfuscation. Norman Augustine

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words. George Eliot

But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. George Orwell

From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put. Winston Churchill.

Language is the armoury of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words. George Eliot

Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain. Lily Tomlin

A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. W H Auden

Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking. Humphrey Davy

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world. Ludwig Wittgenstein

The truth is, language is the most democratic of all institutions. People determine how they speak themselves, and they are driven by simple self-interest. Paul Johnson

If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers. Doug Larson

The use of language is all we have to pit against death and silence. Joyce Carol Oates

I am under the spell of language, which has ruled me since I was 10. V S Pritchett