All S I Hayakawa Quotes
- In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. Good
- I'm going to speak my mind because I have nothing to lose. Lose
- Good teachers never say anything. What they do is create the conditions under which learning takes place. Conditions
- Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am… Difference
- McDonalds in Tokyo is a terrible revenge for Pearl Harbor. Harbor
- Patriotic societies seem to think that the way to educate school children in a democracy is to stage bigger and better flag-saluting. Better
- It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before… Chance
- In the age of television, image becomes more important than substance. Age
- Advertising is a symbol-manipulating occupation Advertising
- Definitions, contrary to popular opinion, tell us nothing about things. They only describe people's linguistic habits; that is, they tell us what noises people make… Conditions
- English is the key to full participation in the opportunities of American life. American
- Bilingualism for the individual is fine, but not for a country. Bilingualism
- Agreement is brought about by changing people's minds - other people's. Agreement
- Learning to write is learning to think. You don't know anything clearly unless you can state it in writing. Anything Clearly
- We live in a highly competitive society, each of us trying to outdo the other in wealth, in popularity or social prestige, in dress, in… Competitive
- Those terrifying verbal jungles called laws are simply such directives, accumulated, codified, and systematized through the centuries. Accumulated
- If everybody is rewarded just for being alive, you get the same sort of effect as you do when you reward every student just for… Alive
- 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 caliber,… According
- In the case of drama (stage, movies, television ), there appear to be people in almost every audience who never quite fully realize that a… Actor
- If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your… Any
- You guys are both saying the same thing. The only reason you're arguing is because you're using different words. Arguing
- It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as… Book
- Few people...have had much training in listening. The training of most oververbalized professional intellectuals is in the opposite direction. Living in a competitive culture, most… Across
- So I will say it with relish. Give me a hamburger but hold the lawsuit. Give
- In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true… Good