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> [No word floats without an anchoring connection within an overall structure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-fish/no-word-floats-without-an-anchoring-connection-within-an-overall/)

[Stanley Fish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-fish/)

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## More by Stanley Fish

> [We in universities are not in the democracy business. What we do, when we're doing it, is teach and learn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-fish/we-in-universities-are-not-in-the-democracy-business-what-we-do-when/)

[Stanley Fish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-fish/)

> [“My God, my God, thou art a direct God, may I not say a literal God, a God that wouldst be understood literally and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-fish/my-god-my-god-thou-art-a-direct-god-may-i-not-say-a-literal-god-a-god/)

[Stanley Fish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-fish/)

> [Freedom of speech is not an academic value. Accuracy of speech is an academic value; completeness of speech is an academic value; relevance of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-fish/freedom-of-speech-is-not-an-academic-value-accuracy-of-speech-is-an/)

[Stanley Fish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-fish/)

> [“Justification, after all, confers value on an activity from a perspective outside its performance. An activity that cannot be justified is an activity that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-fish/justification-after-all-confers-value-on-an-activity-from-a/)

[Stanley Fish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-fish/)

> [Belief and knowledge are considered to be two different things. But they are not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-fish/belief-and-knowledge-are-considered-to-be-two-different-things-but/)

[Stanley Fish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-fish/)

> [A pro-choice advocate sees abortion as a decision to be made in accordance with the best scientific opinion as to when the beginning of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-fish/a-pro-choice-advocate-sees-abortion-as-a-decision-to-be-made-in/)

[Stanley Fish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-fish/)

> [Know what makes a sentence more than a random list, practice constructing sentences and explaining what you have done, and you will know how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-fish/know-what-makes-a-sentence-more-than-a-random-list-practice/)

[Stanley Fish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-fish/)

> [I do not support abortion rights. Although what I would support in this vexed area is not clear to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-fish/i-do-not-support-abortion-rights-although-what-i-would-support-in/)

[Stanley Fish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-fish/)

> [Opinion-sharing sessions are like junk food: they fill you up with starch and leave you feeling both sated and hungry. A sustained inquiry into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-fish/opinion-sharing-sessions-are-like-junk-food-they-fill-you-up-with/)

[Stanley Fish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-fish/)

> [People write or speak sentences in order to produce an effect, and the success of a sentence is measured by the degree to which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-fish/people-write-or-speak-sentences-in-order-to-produce-an-effect-and-the/)

[Stanley Fish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-fish/)

> [Many people on the political left found my work psychologically liberating. They began to say: once you realize that standards emerge historically, then you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-fish/many-people-on-the-political-left-found-my-work-psychologically/)

[Stanley Fish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-fish/)

> [“In his great book How to Do Things with Words (1962), J.L. Austin considers the apparently simple sentence "France is hexagonal." He asks if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-fish/in-his-great-book-how-to-do-things-with-words-1962-j-l-austin/)

[Stanley Fish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-fish/)

> [Any idea can be brought into the classroom if the point is to inquire into its structure, history, influence and so forth. But no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-fish/any-idea-can-be-brought-into-the-classroom-if-the-point-is-to-inquire/)

[Stanley Fish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-fish/)

> [It is always incorrect to assume you can know what someone's moral convictions are based on their philosophical theories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-fish/it-is-always-incorrect-to-assume-you-can-know-what-someone-s-moral/)

[Stanley Fish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-fish/)

> [It is of no help to us that there is an absolute truth of the matter of things because unfortunately, none of us are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-fish/it-is-of-no-help-to-us-that-there-is-an-absolute-truth-of-the-matter/)

[Stanley Fish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-fish/)

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