Quotes

IF you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.

— Nelson Mandela

“A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the other one.”

— Baltasar Gracián

“Anyone who can only think of one way to spell a word obviously lacks imagination.”

— Mark Twain

“#Twitter: proudly promoting ghastly grammar and silly misspelling since 2006.”

— E.A. Bucchianeri

“God, don't they teach you how to spell these days?"

“No,” I answer. "They teach us to use spell-check.”

— Jodi Picoult

“Thou shalt not use the 140 characters limit as an excuse for bad grammar and/or incorrect spelling.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

— George Eliot

The limits of my language are the limits of my world.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.

— Frank Smith

You can never understand one language until you understand at least two.

— Geoffrey Willans

To have another language is to possess a second soul.

— Charlemagne

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

— Rita Mae Brown

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

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.

— Abigail Adams

The words you choose to say something are just as important as the decision to speak.

— Anonymous

High thoughts must have high language.

— Aristophanes

“Can you spell everything?" asked Milo admiringly.

“Just about,”replied the bee with a hint of pride in his voice. "You see, years ago I was just an ordinary bee minding my own business, smelling flowers all day, and occasionally picking up part-time work in people’s bonnets. Then one day I realised that I'd never amount to anything without an education and, being naturally adept at spelling, I decided that—”

— Norton Juster