Not only does the English Language borrow words from other languages, it sometimes chases them down dark alleys, hits them over the head, and goes through their pockets

Quote by Eddy Peters

Topics: Language Quotes, Words Quotes

Language is surely too small a vessel to contain these emotions of mind and body...

Language is surely too small a vessel to contain these emotions of mind and body...

If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if...

If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if...

When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor...

When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor...

That woman speaks eight languages and can't say no in any of them.

That woman speaks eight languages and can't say no in any of them.

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world

Language is the dress of thought.

Language is the dress of thought.

Another segment of society that has constructed a language of its own is business. ......

Another segment of society that has constructed a language of its own is business. ......

Words were written out for me phonetically. I learned to quack in French, Spanish, Portuguese,...

Words were written out for me phonetically. I learned to quack in French, Spanish, Portuguese,...

Language is the apparel in which your thoughts parade before the public. Never clothe them...

Language is the apparel in which your thoughts parade before the public. Never clothe them...

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early...

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early...

Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought

Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought

Language may die at the hands of the schoolman: it is regenerated by the poets

Language may die at the hands of the schoolman: it is regenerated by the poets

And among His Signs Is the creation of the heavens And the earth, and the...

And among His Signs Is the creation of the heavens And the earth, and the...

Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if...

Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if...

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of...

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of...

We speculated what it was like before we got language skills. When we humans had...

We speculated what it was like before we got language skills. When we humans had...

To pretend to describe the excellence, the greatness or duration of the happiness of heaven...

To pretend to describe the excellence, the greatness or duration of the happiness of heaven...

Modern science is still trying to produce a tranquilizer more effective than a few kind...

Modern science is still trying to produce a tranquilizer more effective than a few kind...

The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this...

The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this...