The English Language Amendment says above all, 'Let's see to it that our children, our young people, learn English. Let us not deny them the opportunity to participate in American life, so that they can go as far as their… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
The language we share is at the core of our identity as citizens, and our ticket to full participation in American political life. We… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share
It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share
How anybody dresses is indicative of his self-concept. If students are dirty and ragged, it indicates they are not interested in tidying up their… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share
Language is a unifying instrument which binds people together. When people speak one language they become as one, they become a society. — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share
The English Language Amendment says above all, 'Let's see to it that our children, our young people, learn English. Let us not deny them… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share
We live in a highly competitive society, each of us trying to outdo the other in wealth, in popularity or social prestige, in dress,… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share
People who think of themselves as tough-minded and realistic, among them influential political leaders and businessmen as well as go-getters and hustlers of smaller… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share
If everybody is rewarded just for being alive, you get the same sort of effect as you do when you reward every student just… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share
In the case of drama (stage, movies, television ), there appear to be people in almost every audience who never quite fully realize that… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share
Good teachers never say anything. What they do is create the conditions under which learning takes place. — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share
Republicans are people who, if you were drowning 50 feet from shore, would throw you a 25-foot rope and tell you to swim the… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share
In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share
