Linguistics Quotes
Thought you might enjoy these…
Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.
– Benjamin Lee Whorf
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.
– Eddy Peters
Language is the means of getting an idea from my brain into yours without surgery
– Mark Amidon
And I’ll finish off with a word of wisdom to us all. 
Keep your words soft and tender because tomorrow you may have to eat them.
– Unknown
