Language Culture Quotes

• Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Inspiration, Learning, People

  Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual”, p.47, Bantam

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• Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.

  Benjamin Lee Whorf

  Communication, Thinking, Shapes

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

  Angela Carter

  Culture, Language And Power, Instruments

  Angela Carter (1998). “Shaking a Leg: Collected Writings”, Penguin Group USA

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• Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

  Running, Communication, Inspiration

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• If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world.

  Ludwig Wittgenstein

  Communication, Different, World

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• Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Communication, Cities, Language And Power

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1875). “Letters and Social Aims”, p.160

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• I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations.

  Samuel Johnson

  Sorry, Communication, Tongue

  In James Boswell 'Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides' (1785) 18 September 1773

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• A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.

  Gaston Bachelard

  Beauty, Communication, Writing

  "Fragments of a Poetics of Fire (A Retrospective Glance at the Lifework of a Master of Books)". Book by Gaston Bachelard edited by Suzanne Bachelard, 1988.

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• We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.

  Toni Morrison

  Communication, Meaning Of Life, May

  FaceBook post by Toni Morrison from Jun 23, 2011

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• We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.

  Kofi Annan

  Acceptance, Race, Skin Color

  Twitter post from Sep 03, 2016

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• Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made in the last 30 years, many foreign people still speak in foreign languages

  Dave Barry

  Travel, Inspirational Life, Learning

  Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry's Greatest Hits”, p.259, Ballantine Books

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• The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one can teach them anything!

  Maria Montessori

  Teaching, Men, Language

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• Learning a foreign language, and the culture that goes with it, is one of the most useful things we can do to broaden the empathy and imaginative sympathy and cultural outlook of children.

  Michael Gove

  Sympathy, Children, Empathy

  "Michael Gove proposes teaching foreign languages from age five" by Patrick Wintour and Nicholas Watt, www.theguardian.com. September 30, 2011.

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• Speak a new language so that the world will be a new world.

  Rumi

  Yoga, World, Language

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• Words are a form of action, capable of influencing change.

  Ingrid Bengis

  Change, Language Words, Acting

  Ingrid Bengis (1973). “COMBAT IN THE EROGENOUS ZONE”

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• Absolutely nothing is so important for a nation's culture as its language.

  Wilhelm von Humboldt

  Important, Culture, Language

  "Language and Identity: An introduction". Book by John Edwards, 2009.

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• 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

  Business, Communication, Past

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1840). “The Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Prose and Verse: Complete in One Volume”, p.313

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• Language is wine upon the lips.

  Virginia Woolf

  Wine, Tongue, Lips

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• Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

  Orson Scott Card

  Parenting, Language Words, Silence

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• I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out.

  Katherine Dunn

  Magic, Age, Trouble

  FaceBook post by Katherine Dunn from Jun 02, 2013

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• They say people can think for themselves? Do you honestly believe that the chap who can’t pass primary six knows the consequence of his choice when he answers a question viscerally, on language, culture and religion? But we knew the consequences. We would starve, we would have race riots. We would disintegrate.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Believe, Thinking, Race

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• More than ever, I feel that the human race is one. There are differences of colour, language, culture and opportunities, but people's feelings and reactions are alike. People flee wars to escape death, they migrate to improve their fortunes, they build new lives in foreign lands, they adapt to extreme hardship….

  Sebastiao Salgado

  War, Opportunity, Land

  Sebastião Salgado (2000). “Migrations: Humanity in Transition”

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• In both business and personal life, I've always found that travel inspires me more than anything else I do. Evidence of the languages, cultures, scenery, food, and design sensibilities that I discover all over the world can be found in every piece of my jewelry.

  Ivanka Trump

  Travel, Journey, Design

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• While women across the globe have many differences - language, culture, environment - our similarities are undeniable, and the impact of abuse and oppression affects us all.

  Carre Otis

  Impact, Differences, Abuse

  "Speaking for the Silent" by Carre Otis, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 7, 2012.

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• In a country like India, we don't want to put everyone in one big mixture. We have a different language, culture and cuisine for each region, even though we are united in the larger context. We are more like a fruit salad, where each ingredient has its own specialty, each fruit its distinct flavor, and together, the salad makes a tasty dish, without losing the individuality of each constituent.

  Kabir Bedi

  Country, Fruit Salad, Individuality

  Source: www.youthkiawaaz.com

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