Quotes about Language

What comes out of your mouth is determined by what goes into your mind.

The pen is mightier than the sword as long as it doesn't run out of ink.

Words have power. Use the language of leadership versus the vocabulary of a victim.

I have been saying for many years that we are using the word 'guru' only because 'charlatan' is too long to fit into a headline.

He turned, as he spoke, a peculiar look in her direction, a look of hatred unless he has a most perverse set of facial muscles that will not, like those of other people, interpret the language of his soul.

I 'never told my love' vocally; still, if looks have language, the merest idiot might have guessed I was over head and ears: she understood me at last, and looked a return - the sweetest of all imaginable looks.

Some say once a word is said it's dead. I say it just begins to live that day.

According to him the faculty of choice distinguishes humans from irrational animals. We can make considered choices among 'impressions' or 'appearances', meaning anything that comes within range of our senses, together with whatever thoughts and feelings these sensations evoke. While all animals are subject to impressions, those of humans differ by virtue of the fact that we possess the power of language and reason (both faculties expressed by the single word logos).

If you can not master your language you must be it's slave.

My mother, with a Master's in English Literature, taught me to appreciate language and that words matter.

I think it made me all that much stronger of a writer when you have to teach yourself how to say words from scratch.

Emotions are the language of the soul.