“The reader, knowing nothing about the ‘dark continent,’ filled in the blanks. Pictured Stone in a tent, kerosene lamp held up by… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
Etymology: from Latin ad-, "to" + visum, past participle of videre, "to see". Advice is what you get from your parents when… — Evan Esar Copy Share Image
“It's a totally ridiculous, completely unsexy word. If you use it during sex, trying to be politically correct-- "Darling, could you stroke… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Democracy is something America has never really practiced. Because the Founding Fathers hated two things: monarchy and democracy. They wanted a republic,… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
The universal principle of etymology in all languages: words are carried over from bodies and from the properties of bodies to express… — Giambattista Vico Copy Share Image
I have observed gratitude to be a principle, that bears the smallest share in the hearts of those where it ought to… — Charlotte Charke Copy Share Image
Prayer or not, I want to believe that, despite all evidence to the contrary, it is possible for anyone to find that… — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
“We open our mouths and out flow words whose ancestries we do not even know. We are walking lexicons. In a single… — Penelope Lively Copy Share Image
“IN THE fifteenth century, a swampy parcel of land in the sestieri of Cannaregio was set aside for the construction of a… — Daniel Silva Copy Share Image
The word ‘sin’ is derived from the Indo-European root ‘es-,’ meaning ‘to be.’ When I discovered this etymology, I intuitively understood that… — Mary Daly Copy Share Image
Do not lose your enthusiasm. In its Greek etymology, the word enthusiasm means, "God in us." — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
“He wonders aloud at the origins of valentining. 'You're right,' Rachel says. 'It is a verb. Can be. And birds valentine each… — Emma Richler Copy Share Image
If you actually look at the etymology of the word 'hallucination', what it's come to mean in English is a delusion. But… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
“The etymologist finds the deadest words to have been once a brilliant picture. Language is fossil poetry.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If we don't understand how metaphor works we will misunderstand most of what we read in the Bible. No matter how carefully… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“If you look up 'atheism' in the dictionary, you will probably find it defined as the belief that there is no God.… — Michael Martin Copy Share Image
“The term satipaṭṭhāna can be explained as a compound of sati , "mindfulness" or "awareness", and upaṭṭhāna , with the u of… — Anālayo Copy Share Image
“I feel the gods are pretty dead, though I suppose I ought to know that however, to be somewhat more philosophical in… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
“The name Eve/Eab/Age stems from the Latin aetas, which is from aevum, “lifetime.” The word aetas is remarkably similar to the name… — Eric Bredesen Copy Share Image
“Although, fanciful 's origin circa 1627 made me still love the word, even if I'd ruined its applicability to my connection with… — Rachel Cohn & David Levithan Copy Share Image
Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels,… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“I told the Kid I thought Wednesday was Latin for Satan, and that we probably shouldn't do it then because it might… — T.J. Klune Copy Share Image
“I love how words travel through time; across space and time like little comets, their various meanings burning off like tails behind… — Tess Kincaid Copy Share Image
