Quotes by : Robert Lane Greene

Arguments about language are usually arguments about politics, disguised and channeled through one of....

Afrikaans was the language of the white minority in South Africa, and the forced learning of it created....

Like so many of his successors in the language-crank world today, though, (Jonathan) Swift not only loathes....

To most of the general public, language comes down less to wonder than a rather censorious bifurcated....

Americans tend to use "nation" as a synonym for "country." But political scientists and historians, as....

I'd start to explain with the outward sheepish and inner pride of the nerd.

Though it's true that (dictionary-maker Samuel) Johnson sometimes seem to feel that the language was....

Language is not law; it is in fact a lot like music. Speech is jazz – first you learn the basic rules,....

Language is changing constantly; printing and modern education have slowed it but have not stopped it.....

His captivating speech came not from his grammar or vocabulary but from the joy he took in wielding them....