I tell my students to think of poems as language plus, language with value added beyond its everyday use. — Monica Youn Copy Share Image
“About twenty years later, the Pentagon would begin giving away millions of pieces of military equipment to police departments across the country… — Radley Balko Copy Share Image
“It is an old observation that the best writers sometimes disregard the rules of rhetoric. When they do so, however, the reader… — William Strunk Jr Copy Share Image
Men as well as women, must strive for a balance of experience. Masculinity, defined as requiring the ability to act physically or… — Eva Cox Copy Share Image
The Convention is not only a visionary document. We are reminded daily that it is an agreement that works - and its… — Carol Bellamy Copy Share Image
“Treating Abuse Today (Tat), 3(4), pp. 26-33 Freyd: I see what you're saying but people in psychology don't have a uniform agreement… — David L. Calof Copy Share Image
“When Isaac Newton embarked on his great program, he encountered a fundamental lack of definition where it was most needed. He began… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
“A mother’s breast is like an efficient pharmacist: it produces general disease preventing substances for everyday use and then makes up specific… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
Making beautiful things for everyday use is a wonderful thing to do - making life flow more easily - but art confronts… — Antony Gormley Copy Share Image
When philosophers use a word--"knowledge," "being," "object," "I," "proposition," "name"--and try to grasp the essence of the thing, one must always ask… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
“The dandelion was long popularly known as the 'pissabed' because of its supposed diuretic properties, and other names in everyday use included… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“Perhaps it is in this respect that language differs most sharply from other biologic systems for communication. Ambiguity seems to be an… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
What we do is to bring words back from their metaphysical to their everyday use. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
“Like the positivists, Wittgenstein was hostile to metaphysics. But he attacked metaphysics not with a blunt instrument like the verification principle, but… — Anthony Kenny Copy Share Image
My furniture, boxes, and turnings are simple, practical designs for everyday use. I love the grain and beauty of wood. Each piece… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
