Linguistic Influence Quotes

Whoever defines the word, defines the world.

The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.

When I'm in the U.K. I find myself using a lot of Britishisms.

Names govern the world.

Your words can permanently influence a life.

An ear will never do you wrong, but I know writers who... most of the language they use is just extracted language from other languages they've read. I am a big-time reader, but I mix and match.

The magic of words is that they have power to do more than convey meaning; not only do they have the power to make things clear, they make things happen.

The pen is mightier than the sword, but the tongue is mightier than them both put together.

Language is power... Language can be used as a means of changing reality.

I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.

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

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

Words are the source of all power. And names are more than just a collection of letters.

To change your world, you must change your words. It's the rudder (James 3:4-5) of your life.

Remember the mind is your best muscle...BIG ARMS can move rocks, but BIG WORDS can move mountains... Ride the brain train for success.

Every individual is at once the beneficiary and the victim of the linguistic tradition into which he has been born.

The words of language, as they are written or spoken, do not seem to play any role in my mechanism of thought. The physical entities which seem to serve as elements in thought are certain signs and more or less clear images.

I am under the spell of language, which has ruled me since I was 10.

As was his language so was his life.

Should not the Bible regain the place it once held as a schoolbook? Its morals are pure, its examples are captivating and noble....In no Book is there so good English, so pure and so elegant, and by teaching all the same they will speak alike, and the Bible will justly remain the standard of language as well as of faith.

Words are magical in the way they affect the minds of those who use them.

Words matter, words have import.

My name sounds French but that's just a stage name.

Words have weight, something once said cannot be unsaid. Meaning is like a stone dropped into a pool; the ripples will spread and you cannot know what back they wash against.

We don't realize how much we create reality through language. If we say that life is hard, it will be hard.