Richard Lederer Quote

Like flint tools and weaving, each new word is a human invention, spoken or written for the very first time by a particular human being at a particular moment. We human beings are the word makers, and it is we who decide what words mean and when their meanings change.


The Miracle of Language (1991)


Like flint tools and weaving, each new word is a human invention, spoken or written for the very first time by a particular human being at a...

Like flint tools and weaving, each new word is a human invention, spoken or written for the very first time by a particular human being at a...

Like flint tools and weaving, each new word is a human invention, spoken or written for the very first time by a particular human being at a...

Like flint tools and weaving, each new word is a human invention, spoken or written for the very first time by a particular human being at a...