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Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.

Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.

by Angela Carter Found in: Language Quotes,
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Who climbs the grammar-tree, distinctly knows
Where noun, and verb, and participle grows.

Who climbs the grammar-tree, distinctly knows
Where noun, and verb, and participle grows.

by John Dryden Found in: Language Quotes,
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When a language creates -- as it does -- a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy read more

When a language creates -- as it does -- a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the present and the past.

by Christopher Ricks Found in: Language Quotes,
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Language helps form the limits of our reality.

Language helps form the limits of our reality.

by Dale Spender Found in: Language Quotes,
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Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.

Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.

by Andrea Dworkin Found in: Language Quotes,
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Language is wine upon the lips.

Language is wine upon the lips.

by Virginia Woolf Found in: Language Quotes,
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The most precious things in speech are pauses.

The most precious things in speech are pauses.

by Ralph Richardson Found in: Language Quotes,
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Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons read more

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests.

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Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

by Edgar Allan Poe Found in: Language Quotes,
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