QUOTES ABOUT ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Here are 29 quotes about the English language:

“The English language is like London: proudly barbaric yet deeply civilised, too, common yet royal, vulgar yet processional, sacred yet profane.” – Stephen Fry

“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein

“Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.” – Benjamin Lee Whorf

“Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

“English is a funny language; that explains why we park our car on the driveway and drive our car on the parkway.” – Unknown

“English is a patchwork language, a puzzle of countless words borrowed from other tongues.” – Andrew Lam

“English is not merely the medium of instruction; it is the main obstacle to it.” – Richard Bandler

“Language is power, in ways more literal than most people think.” – Deborah Tannen

“The English language needs to be compacted, like trash after a long season of the flu.” – Holly Lyn Walrath

“Language is wine upon the lips.” – Virginia Woolf

“The English language is nobody’s special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself.” – Derek Walcott

“English is what unites us and the ultimate tool of our survival.” – Jay Parini

“The English language is like London: proudly barbaric yet deeply civilised, too, common yet royal, vulgar yet processional, sacred yet profane.” – Stephen Fry

“The richness of the English language springs from its sources in so many languages.” – Rex Stout

“The English language is nobody’s special property. It is the property of the imagination.” – Derek Walcott SAD GIRLY QUOTES

“The English language will never be as successful as a means of communication as, say, the soccer ball.” – John Simon

“The English language needs to be compacted, like trash after a long season of the flu.” – Holly Lyn Walrath

“English is what unites us and the ultimate tool of our survival.” – Jay Parini

“Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The English language is nobody’s special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself.” – Derek Walcott

“Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.” – Buddha

“The English language will never be as successful as a means of communication as, say, the soccer ball.” – John Simon

“Language is the dress of thought.” – Samuel Johnson

“The English language needs to be compacted, like trash after a long season of the flu.” – Holly Lyn Walrath

“English is what unites us and the ultimate tool of our survival.” – Jay Parini

“Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.” – Rita Mae Brown

“Poetry is what gets lost in translation.” – Robert Frost

“Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

“English is a patchwork language, a puzzle of countless words borrowed from other tongues.” – Andrew Lam