Logo - Feel The Words

Language Quotes

Most Famous Language Quotes of All Time!

We have created a collection of some of the best language quotes so you can read and share anytime with your friends and family. Share our Top 10 Language Quotes on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

Journalism students need to understand it and need a solid background in the liberal arts, in sociology, economics, literature and language, because they won't get it later on.

Quotes by Harrison Salisbury

I don't believe in post-racial or post-gay or post-anything, but I do think within a certain group of friends, what matters less is the specificities of race and sexuality, and what matters more is the shared experience, shared language and...

Quotes by Hanya Yanagihara

There was an exhibition in Munich in 1937, 'Degenerate Art,' which included work by Klee, Kandinsky, Beckmann and many others. The work was called 'sick' and put in the trash heap. The sentiments expressed toward contemporary art by Jesse Helms,...

Quotes by Hans Haacke

Second, we also got a more authentic liturgy of the people of God, in the vernacular language.

Quotes by Hans Kung

The real being of language is that into which we are taken up when we hear it - what is said.

Quotes by Hans-Georg Gadamer

The more language is a living operation, the less we are aware of it. Thus it follows from the self-forgetfulness of language that its real being consists in what is said in it.

Quotes by Hans-Georg Gadamer

Nothing exists except through language.

Quotes by Hans-Georg Gadamer

It seemed to me that the real philosophical breakthroughs of the 20th century were in terms of the understanding of language. What is language? Where does it come from, how does it work, what does it do?

Quotes by Hanif Kureishi

I'm shy, but sometimes my voice is so clear and strong. Your tongue moves, and the Arabic language is so beautiful.

Quotes by Hakeem Olajuwon

With 'True Grit,' the language was very specific, as is Shakespeare. You couldn't really improvise, nor would you really ever have to. I never felt the need to. It was all so beautifully written, and it was all right there.

Quotes by Hailee Steinfeld

Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing with words.

Quotes by Gwendolyn Brooks

I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone have the key.

Quotes by Gustave Flaubert

I left my country because I was forced to, and I do not think that I am going to lose my language because I live in England.

Quotes by Guillermo Cabrera Infante

If you decide to design your own language, there are thousands of sort of amateur language designer pitfalls.

Quotes by Guido van Rossum

I would guess that the decision to create a small special purpose language or use an existing general purpose language is one of the toughest decisions that anyone facing the need for a new language must make.

Quotes by Guido van Rossum

If you're talking about Java in particular, Python is about the best fit you can get amongst all the other languages. Yet the funny thing is, from a language point of view, JavaScript has a lot in common with Python,...

Quotes by Guido van Rossum

I thought Mia Hansen-Love was a true auteur, and I always wanted to work with her. Mia's empathy for her characters and her ability to use the language of cinema to communicate real human depth is extraordinary. She's a humanist.

Quotes by Greta Gerwig

I'm always interested in how people use language to not say what they mean.

Quotes by Greta Gerwig

Language commonly stresses only one side of any interaction.

Quotes by Gregory Bateson

My limitations are - I'm not Meryl Streep. I'm not playing anything in a foreign language, or anything too far from who I am.

Quotes by Greg Grunberg

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these Language quotes explore?
This set looks at the limits of ordinary language for describing science, the case for more scientific language in public discourse, feeling outmatched by the sheer size of the English language, and wanting to master the technical language of a craft like directing. If you like exploring how words shape meaning, so is our Like collection.
Is there a quote about language struggling to describe science?
Yes — one quote says, "The problems of language here are really serious. We wish to speak in some way about the structure of the atoms. But we cannot speak about atoms in ordinary language."
Is there a quote calling for more scientific language in public life?
There is. One quote argues, "More scientific language and less diplomatic rhetoric may make this world even better." For more ideas along these lines, see our More collection.
Is there a quote about the English language being hard to keep up with?
Yes — one quote admits, "Shakespeare's taught me that there are more words in the English language than I have got in my head." Shakespeare is famous for exploring love as much as language, and you can see more of that in our Love collection.
Is there a quote about wanting to master a craft's technical language?
Yes — one quote shares, "The producing thing has come quite naturally to me. I feel like for directing, I would like to be more technically-savvy. I want to have the language under my belt." For more reflections framed in first person, see our Me collection.

Guys, we are trying to share Unique Language Quotes, so you will not get to read the same things again and again on our website. You can also share your favorites on Facebook or send them to a friend who loves to reading quotes.