The last thing a scientist would do is cling to a map because he inherited it from his grandfather, or because it was used by George Washington or Abraham Lincoln. — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
The traditional educational theory is to the effect that the way to bring up children is to keep them innocent (i.e., believing in biological, political, and socioeconomic fairy tales) as long as possible ... that students should be given the… — 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 Image
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 Image
So I will say it with relish. Give me a hamburger but hold the lawsuit. — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Good teachers never say anything. What they do is create the conditions under which learning takes place. — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
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