“[B]y reinterpreting Freudianism in terms of language, a pre-eminently social activity, Lacan permits us to explore the relations between the unconscious and… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
“Even in ordinary conversation, the ideas connected with the word Logic include at least precision of language, and accuracy of classification: and… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“Magic happens when the wand of language strikes a stone and makes it melt, touches a spindle and turns it into gold,… — Maria Tatar Copy Share Image
But, after all, the sciences have made progress, because philosophers have applied themselves with more attention to observe, and have communicated to… — Etienne Bonnot de Condillac Copy Share Image
“Consider a world in which cause and effect are erratic. Sometimes the first precedes the second, sometimes the second the first… Each… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
“of Swords to bed, I couldn’t shake the sense of unfinished business. I’d go to sleep and have vivid dreams, and they… — Russell Blake Copy Share Image
The various languages placed side by side show that with words it is never a question of truth, never a question of… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
And in spite of everything, Ireland remains the brain of the Kingdom. The English, judiciously practical and ponderous, furnish the over-stuffed stomach… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
I am grateful for the 30 years of my work and the way it has influenced humanity, especially all the books that… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
Strong emotional experiences are for the most part impersonal. Anyone who has hated another person so much that only chance stands between… — Robert Musil Copy Share Image
Granpa said if there was less words, there wouldn't be as much trouble in the world. He said privately to me that… — Forrest Carter Copy Share Image
When I lived in Argentina I had to change my sense of humour to fit in - I became a slapstick character… — Vick Hope Copy Share Image
All of a sudden it's twelve-year-olds who are contacting me, fifteen-year-olds, and they have very, very fascinating questions. However, they speak in… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
I approach writing a poem in a much different state than when I am writing prose. It's almost as if I were… — Pattiann Rogers Copy Share Image
“The idea of forming people out of grammatical clauses seems so fantastical at the start that you hide your terror in a… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
From watching my own mind deteriorate circuit by circuit, I learned that every ability I have, from wiggling my finger to creating… — Jill Bolte Taylor Copy Share Image
“See, what you do here is you work yourself away from the words, slowly shedding them until there's no more need of… — Lynda Rutledge Copy Share Image
Poetry cannot be translated; and, therefore, it is the poets that preserve the languages; for we would not be at the trouble… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Just let the words fly from your lips and your pen. Give them rhythm and depth and height and silliness. Give them… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“We all start somewhere; language is communication; and data is derived for nourishment. When anything is over our heads, it's time to… — Bella Bloom Copy Share Image
A common creation demands a common sacrifice, and perhaps not the least potent argument in favour of a constructed international language is… — Edward Sapir Copy Share Image
“With a practised hand he pulls out a knife and presses it against her throat. Hurry up, he hisses through clenched teeth,… — Slavenka Drakulić Copy Share Image
New fathers, political prisoners, traumatised presidential aides, resolute schoolboys, MEPs addressing unfriendly chambers - we all find that Shakespeare has magically anticipated… — Daniel Hannan Copy Share Image
“But is it such a bad thing to live like this for just a little while? Just for a few months of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
In my case, everything starts from Marcel Duchamp and the new expressive possibilities he gave us with his ready-mades. I transferred his… — Virgil Abloh Copy Share Image
“Of all the words that exist in any language only a bare minority are pure, unadulterated, original roots. The majority are "coined"… — Mario Pei Copy Share Image
For the Amahuaca, the Koyukon, the Apache, and the diverse Aboriginal peoples of Australia - as for numerous other indigenous peoples -… — David Abram Copy Share Image
My version of relativism is pluralistic and attributes functions to morality that in combination with human nature place limits on what could… — David Wong Copy Share Image
The Imagination that is raised in man (or any other creature imbued with the faculty of imagining) by words, or other voluntary… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
Must you write complete sentences each time, every time? Perish the thought. If your work consists only of fragments and floating clauses,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“The gifts of fate come with a price. For those who have been favored by life’s indulgence, rigorous respect in matters of… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
The metaphysical apologia at least betrayed the injustice of the established order through the incongruence of concept and reality. The impartiality of… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
There are times when I can't stop speaking, when a million words leave my mouth in a matter of seconds… a million… — Rae Earl Copy Share Image
I have not suggested that the emergence of language is instantaneous. Rather, that the rewiring of the brain enabling an infinite array… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Independence is a complex word in a foreign tongue. To resist occupation, whether you're a nation or merely a woman, you must… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
The publishing industry, unsurprisingly, is full of different people who love different things and express that love in different languages. Find the… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
Words when spoken out loud for the sake of performance are music. They have rhythm and pitch and timbre and volume. These… — Josiah Bartlett Copy Share Image
I see manuscripts and books that are spoiled for the literary reader because they are one long stream of top-of-the-head writing, a… — Sol Stein Copy Share Image
Riffing on language will create wonderful effects you never intended. Which leads me to this writing advice: 'Always take credit for good… — Roy Peter Clark Copy Share Image
All words have the "taste" of a profession, a genre, a tendency, a party, a particular work, a particular person, a generation,… — Mikhail Bakhtin Copy Share Image
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