Human Language

Famous quotes containing the words human and/or language:

“Good heavens! what a foolish thing is this pretended perfectibility of the human race which is continually being dinned into our ears!”
—Théophile Gautier (1811–1872)

“Language is filled
with words for deprivation
images so familiar
it is hard to crack language open
into that other country
the country of being.”
—Susan Griffin (b. 1943)