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- A good book, in the language of the book-sellers, is a salable one; in that of the curious, a scarce one; in that of men of sense, a useful and instructive one. — Oswald Chambers
- But maybe music was not intended to satisfy the curious definiteness of man. Maybe it is better to hope that music may always be transcendental language in the most extravagant sense. — Charles Ives
- Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- A standard international language should not only be simple, regular, and logical, but also rich and creative. — Edward Sapir
- It is no secret that the fruits of language study are in no sort of relation to the labour spent on teaching and learning them. — Edward Sapir
- Cultural anthropology is more and more rapidly getting to realize itself as a strictly historical science. — Edward Sapir