Quotes by Language And Power Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power of our ultimate relationship to everything in the universe. Adrienne Rich language-and-powerconcentrationrelationship Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation. Angela Carter language-and-powerinstrumentsculture My words fly up, my thoughts remain below Claudius hamlet-revengehamlet-and-ophelialanguage-and-power The power of language, it seems to me, is the only kind of power a writer is entitled to. Cynthia Ozick language-and-powerkindwriting God is gracious beyond the power of language to describe. Francis Asbury graciouslanguage-and-powerfaith There are times when the power of language is not the power that is needed. Leon Wieseltier power-of-languagelanguage-and-powerlanguage I was wondering why I was put in prison for working in an African language when I had not been put in prison for working in English. So really, in prison I started thinking more seriously about the relation between language and power. Ngugi wa Thiong'o language-and-powerwonderthinking Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Paul Engle reading-poetrylanguage-and-powerordinary Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone. Ralph Waldo Emerson language-and-powercommunicationcities Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides. Rita Mae Brown language-and-powermoonmemorable Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of fingers, or fingers at the tip of my words. My language trembles with desire. Roland Barthes language-and-powerskinsdesire
