“FV: Annandale defines 'definition' as "an explanation of the signification of a term." Yet Oxford, on the other hand, defines it as… — Mort W. Lumsden Copy Share Image
“Don't most astrophysicists now predict some "end of the line" - an end to it all? Not just the death of things, but the… — Mort W. Lumsden Copy Share Image
“FV: Hasn't all art, in a way, submitted to words - reduced itself to the literary...admitted its failure through all the catalogues and criticism,… — Mort W. Lumsden Copy Share Image
“Don't you find it odd that two of the foremost symptoms of insanity are the hearing voices and talking to oneself? Is it any… — Mort W. Lumsden Copy Share Image
“There's actually a sort of comfort in the belief that things can only get worse. It gives one an appreciation for the here-and-now, knowing… — Mort W. Lumsden Copy Share Image
“We know there are colours in the spectrum untranslatable to our eyes; sounds beyond the range of our hearing; sensations beyond the tolerance of… — Mort W. Lumsden Copy Share Image
“The topics which language limits us to aren’t much worth discussing in the first place. (attrib: F.L. Vanderson)” — Mort W. Lumsden Copy Share Image
“Isn't one of the first lessons of good elocution that there's nothing one can say in any rambling, sprawling rant that can't, through some… — Mort W. Lumsden Copy Share Image
“The problem with living forever, of course, is you have to live forever before you know you're immortal...or invincible. Even the gods, in this… — Mort W. Lumsden Copy Share Image
“FV: Annandale defines 'definition' as "an explanation of the signification of a term." Yet Oxford, on the other hand, defines it as "a statement… — Mort W. Lumsden Copy Share Image
“Those who can't, and can't teach, translate. (attrib: F.L. Vanderson)” — Mort W. Lumsden Copy Share Image
“Anything you try to quantify can be divided into any number of "anythings," or become the thing - the unit - itself. And what… — Mort W. Lumsden Copy Share Image
