In general, the philological movement opened up countless sources relevant to linguistic issues, treating them in quite a different spirit from traditional… — Ferdinand de Saussure Copy Share Image
Little by little, studying the infinite possibilities of a loss of memory, he realized that the day might come when things would… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
The foundation of individual rights is the assumption that people have wants and needs and are authorities on what those wants and… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
This organic conception of society, the only vital conception, combines a noble humanism with the genuine Christian spirit, and it bears the… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
You have set up in New York Harbor a monstrous idol which you call Liberty. The only thing that remains to complete… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
While browsing in a second-hand bookshop one day, George Bernard Shaw was amused to find a copy of one of his own… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Then why does Kenneth Anger wear a picture locket on a chain around his neck? On one side of the locket there… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
As the Swiss inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden,- "Speech is silvern, Silence is golden;" or, as I might rather… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The strategy of semantic ascent is that it carries the discussion into a domain where both parties are better agreed on the… — Willard Van Orman Quine Copy Share Image
I wish you hadn't been so over-courteous about putting the inscription on a card instead of on the flyleaf. It's the bookseller… — Helene Hanff Copy Share Image
When I spoke at the St. Lawrence Seaway ceremonies in 1969, I borrowed some words from the monument there which I had… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Let there be no inscription upon my tomb. Let no man write my epitaph. No man can write my epitaph. I am… — Robert Emmet Copy Share Image
We have a hieroglyphical inscription in the British Museum as early as the reign of Sevechus of the eighth century before the… — Samuel Sharpe Copy Share Image
