Whenever we remember a series of events, we remember them different. We are constantly changing. It's a flaw, but on the other… — Pipilotti Rist Copy Share Image
Only idiots and infants need things. The language of needs is the native tongue of socialists, therapists, and paternalists of all sorts… — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
Certainly working with teens keeps me up to date with language and with certain kinds of thinking. I often feel like I… — Chris Crutcher Copy Share Image
The constitution of madness as a mental illness, at the end of the eighteenth century, affords the evidence of a broken dialogue,… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
“in my judgment, Frame, akin to Aquinas, is viewing the Christian story in accord with the logical construction and the empirical experience… — William D. Dennison Copy Share Image
“The English language is like London: proudly barbaric yet deeply civilised, too, common yet royal, vulgar yet processional, sacred yet profane. Each… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“Articulation! There, by Joe, was MY absolute, if I could be said to have one. At any rate, it is the only… — John Barth Copy Share Image
I was inspired by 'Bootylicious' being able to scale the dictionary walls thanks to just one individual, Beyonce. But Beyonce has the… — Alex Horne Copy Share Image
“In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible. Things like the continuance of British rule in… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I'm talking to a journalist and I really have nothing to say anymore, this is already uncomfortable. I feel the pain coming… — Vincent Gallo Copy Share Image
Autism reaches out in many different directions. It can be associated with language delays. It can be associated with epilepsy. It can… — Gerald Fischbach Copy Share Image
No one seriously doubts that if Piraha children are brought up in Boston they'll be speaking Boston English, that is, that the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There's a melody in everything. And once you find the melody, then you connect immediately with the heart. Because sometimes English or… — Carlos Santana Copy Share Image
Man, even man debased by the neocapitalism and pseudosocialism of our time, is a marvelous being because he sometimes speaks. Language is… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
“In a world where education is predominantly verbal, highly educated people find it all but impossible to pay serious attention to anything… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“Out here we speak Malspeak, a mangle of English and old languages like Spanish, Mandarin, and Russian. Dialects from a time when… — Georgia Clark Copy Share Image
I like the sound of that, crashing Monica's party," he glanced at Michael, then quickly away. "What about you? That break some… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
The Iranian people were converted to Islam not very much longer after the conquest of the Arab world by Islam, but they… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I never did like the assertion of the "innate" inferiority or women or Blacks, and I understood that when people tried to… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
You know, I think there are certain words like 'illegitimate' that should not be used to describe a person. And certainly, we… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
We believe the Senate language provides for federal subsidies for abortions. Plus there's a language in there where you have to pay… — Bart Stupak Copy Share Image
“Communication is not just words; communication is architecture. Because of course it is quite obvious that a house which would be built… — POE the musician Copy Share Image
The translator ... Peculiar outcast, ghost in the world of literature, recreating in another form something already created, creating and not creating,… — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
The way to learn the language is to rip off other players. As Benny Golson told me, "We all start off sounding… — Branford Marsalis Copy Share Image
When language was not transcendental enough to complete the meaning of a revelation, symbols were relied upon for heavenly teaching, and familiar… — William H. Hunt Copy Share Image
They (Americans) have their national game, baseball - which is cricket played with a strong American accent - and they have a… — George Mikes Copy Share Image
If you can't describe your strategy in twenty minutes, simply and in plain language, you haven't got a plan. 'But,' people may… — Lawrence Bossidy Copy Share Image
“Language is an exploratory tool. Linking observations and thoughts in an orderly fashion is the business of a philosopher. A writer is… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
A poem, being an instance of language, hence essentially dialogue, may be a letter in a bottle thrown out to the sea… — Paul Celan Copy Share Image
“My own conviction is that semiotics provides an escape from the solipsist prison by its stress on the social origins of language--you… — Walker Percy Copy Share Image
One thing I really like about philosophy is that it's possible actually to do work in a wide range of different areas.… — Richard F. Heck Copy Share Image
Now that our sexual experience is increasingly available to us as a subject for contemplation, we have to extend our language to… — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
My art speaks and will continue to speak, transcending barriers of nationality, language and other forces that may be divisive, fortifying the… — Norval Morrisseau Copy Share Image
I've gotten to try on voices very different than my own, and I've become much more aware of structure than ever before.… — Achy Obejas Copy Share Image
The movement of the waves, of winds, of the earth is ever in the same lasting harmony. We do not stand on… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share Image
“Please could I say one word?" was the question three times repeated before a rough head bobbed out from the grotto of… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Words were useless. At times, they might sound wonderful, but they let you down the moment you really needed them. You could… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
I do think students in public school (and private) should be required to study the Bible. [...] As a matter of pure… — David Plotz Copy Share Image
The utility of a language as a tool of thought increases with the range of topics it can treat, but decreases with… — Kenneth E. Iverson Copy Share Image
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