“They have no craving for truth as a transcendental reality. Indeed, the concept has no place in their values. Truth to the Pirahãs is catching a fish, rowing a canoe, laughing with your children, loving your brother, dying of malaria.… — Daniel L. Everett Copy Share Image
“Although Pirahã nouns are simple, Pirahã verbs are much more complicated. Each verb can have as many as sixteen suffixes—that is, up to sixteen… — Daniel L. Everett Copy Share Image
“They felt certain that this baby was going to die. They felt it was suffering terribly. And they believed that my clever milk tubes… — Daniel L. Everett Copy Share Image
“My evangelism professor at Biola University, Dr. Curtis Mitchell, used to say, “You’ve gotta get ’em lost before you can get ’em saved.” — Daniel L. Everett Copy Share Image
“The Brazilians give all the Pirahãs Portuguese names because they can’t pronounce the Pirahã names.” He went on, “This is the same reason, I… — Daniel L. Everett Copy Share Image
“When we returned from our jog, several Pirahãs were huddled in a corner of our house, and there was a strong smell of alcohol… — Daniel L. Everett Copy Share Image
“I mean, what are you going to do to him for shooting your dog?” “I will do nothing. I won’t hurt my brother. He… — Daniel L. Everett Copy Share Image
“Although Pirahã nouns are simple, Pirahã verbs are much more complicated. Each verb can have as many as sixteen suffixes—that is, up to sixteen… — Daniel L. Everett Copy Share Image
“Finally, the Pirahã language is notoriously difficult because it lacks things that many other languages have, especially in the way that it puts sentences… — Daniel L. Everett Copy Share Image
“They have no craving for truth as a transcendental reality. Indeed, the concept has no place in their values. Truth to the Pirahãs is… — Daniel L. Everett Copy Share Image
