Quotes on Babbling

At one year of age the child says his first intentional wordhis babbling has a purpose, and this intention is a proof of conscious intelligenceHe becomes ever more aware that language refers to his surroundings, and his wish to master it consciously becomes also greater.Subconsciously and unaided, he strains himself to learn, and this effort makes his success all the more astonishing.

Do not keep the slanderer away,_x000D_ treat him with affection and honor:_x000D_ Body and soul, he scours all clean,_x000D_ babbling about this and that.

Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a mark of folly.

We should stop going around babbling about how we're the greatest democracy on earth, when we're not even a democracy. We are a sort of militarised republic.