No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality.

Language is an anonymous, collective and unconscious art; the result of the creativity of thousands of generations.

The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is really a great advantage, because it tends to make man see himself as the master of language instead of its obedient servant.

The psychology of a language which, in one way or another, is imposed upon one because of factors beyond one's control, is very different from the psychology of a language which one accepts of one's free will.

We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices of interpretation.

No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality.

I am convinced that the stratigraphic method will in the future enable archaeology to throw far more light on the history of American culture than it has done in the past.