linguistic dominance Quotes

Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man.

The language of the internet is English, and an overwhelming proportion of the global computer chatter also originates from America, influencing the content of global conversation.

The only thing I'd rather own than Windows is English. Then I'd be able to charge you an upgrade fee every time I add new letters like N and T.

We have evolved to understand that language of power that's taken too much.

If the French were really intelligent, they'd speak English.

I am critical of the parochial understanding of the Francophone movement and feel that it is used as a justification for not learning the language of the “other”. Those who respect the “other” are those who know them, and those who reject the language of the “other” are at a disadvantage. Learning the language of the “other” does not contradict our rejection of the dominance of their language, which is quite valid in my opinion.

The supremacy of the verbal over the monumental has something about it of the supremacy of life over death.

I master only the language of others. Mine does with me what it wants.

There was a time when liberals were linguistically dominant in America.

It is a general truth that students of language in every era try to colonize some or all of the other human sciences.

Public speaking is done in the public tongue, the national or tribal language; and the language of our tribe is the men's language. Of course women learn it. We're not dumb. If you can tell Margaret Thatcher from Ronald Reagan, or Indira Gandhi from General Somoza, by anything they say, tell me how. This is a man's world, so it talks a man's language.

Italy valued cathedrals while Spain valued explorers. So worldwide, five times as many people speak Spanish than Italian.

This belief in the necessity of English training has enslaved us. It has unfitted us for true national service.