Quotes/Language
Quotations based on language. Select a quote for more details.A man who can speak two languages is worth two men.
Napoleon Hill
At no time is freedom of speech more precious than when a man hits his thumb with a hammer.
Marshall Lumsden
I would never use a long word, even, where a short one would answer the purpose.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
It's a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water.
Franklin P. Jones
Language is by its very nature a communal thing...
Thomas Ernest Hulme
Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.
Winston Churchill
The English language is nobody's special property.
Derek Walcott
The head cannot take in more than the seat can endure.
Winston Churchill