Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language. Votes: 8
Alfred North WhiteheadLiteracy, written language is a very late acquisition in terms of human evolution. Votes: 6
Jean Berko GleasonI believe in a visual language that should be as strong as the written word. Votes: 2
David LaChapelleSpeaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that talks. Votes: 2
Jimmy BreslinAll speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer. Votes: 2
Robert Louis StevensonI could never see a book written in a foreign language without the most ardent desire to read it. Votes: 2
Bayard TaylorA scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every one that can read in it. Votes: 2
William HazlittNo literature is complete until the language it was written in is dead. Votes: 0
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowLanguage does not leave fossils, at least not until it has become written. Votes: 0
Richard BrautiganEmacs is written in Lisp, which is the only computer language that is beautiful. Votes: 0
Neal StephensonLiterature belongs first and foremost to the language in which it is being written. Votes: 0
Amos OzIf a language is corruptible, then a constitution written in that language is corruptible. Votes: 0
Robert BreaultThe laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics. Votes: 0
Galileo GalileiEvery drop of human blood contains a history book written in the language of our genes. Votes: 0
Spencer WellsWritten forms obscure our view of language. They are not so much a garment as a disguise. Votes: 0
Ferdinand de SaussureLately, I feel like my life is a book written in a language I don't know how to read. Votes: 0
Brandon SandersonOne thing for sure is it will be written in the Icelandic language. All of my literary work is. Votes: 0
SjonTo excavate is to open a book written in the language that the centuries have spoken into the earth. Votes: 0
Spyridon Marinatos