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Human Language Quotes

Human language can but imperfectly describe God's ways. I am sensible of the fact that they are indescribable and inscrutable. But if mortal man will dare to describe them, he has no better medium than his own inarticulate speech. Mahatma Gandhi
Lewis Thomas quote: "Human language... prevents us from sticking to the matter at..."
Human language... prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand. Lewis Thomas
Noam Chomsky quote: "Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without..."
Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world. Noam Chomsky
Paul Eluard quote: "The language of my love does not belong to human language, my..."
The language of my love does not belong to human language, my human body does not touch the flesh of my love. Paul Eluard
As a scholar I am interested in the philosophy of language, semiotics, call it what you want, and one of the main features of the human language is the possibility of lying. Umberto Eco
Lewis Thomas quote: "The great thing about human language is that it prevents us..."
The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand. Lewis Thomas
One can choose to obsess over prescriptive rules, but they have no more to do with human language than the criteria for judging cats at a cat show have to do with mammalian biology. Steven Pinker
All human language draws its nature and value from the fact that it both comes from the Word of God and is chosen by God to manifest himself. But this relationship is secret and incomprehensible, beyond the bounds of reason and analysis. Jacques Ellul
James C. Maxwell quote: "Mathematicians may flatter themselves that they possess new..."
Mathematicians may flatter themselves that they possess new ideas which mere human language is as yet unable to express. James C. Maxwell
I am calling attention just to the main points of these tremendously important matters, which can be understood better by pious meditation than explained by human language. Martin Chemnitz
Russell Hoban quote: "Language is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak..."
Language is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human effort and history. Russell Hoban
Noam Chomsky quote: "Language is a weapon of politicians, but language is a weapon..."
Language is a weapon of politicians, but language is a weapon in much of human affairs. Noam Chomsky
Humans invent an imaginary lover and put that mask over the face of the body in their bed. That is the tragedy of language my friend. Those who know each other only through symbolic representations are forced to imagine each other. And because their imagination is imperfect, they are often wrong. Orson Scott Card
Alfred North Whitehead quote: "Human life is driven forward by its dim apprehension of..."
Human life is driven forward by its dim apprehension of notions too general for its existing language. Alfred North Whitehead
Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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