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The significance of language for the evolution of culture lies in this, that mankind set up in language a separate world beside the other world,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
By a generative grammar I mean simply a system of rules that in some explicit and well-defined way assigns structural descriptions to sentences. Obviously, every… — Noam Chomsky
We do not for example say that the person has a perfect knowledge of some language L similar to English but still different from it.… — Noam Chomsky
When things are investigated, then true knowledge is achieved; when true knowledge is achieved, then the will becomes sincere; when the will is sincere, then… — Confucius
Science is the only truth and it is the great lie. It knows nothing, and people think it knows everything. It is misrepresented. People think… — Remy de Gourmont
A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books,… — Horace Mann
We find it hard to apply the knowledge of ourselves to our judgment of others. The fact that we are never of one kind, that… — Eric Hoffer
The air to a glider pilot is a reality. . . . He is trying to understand it in all its moods; to learn its… — Philip Wills
Only if you have some knowledge of the human sacrifices, the vicious temple rites, the degrading superstitions and customs that were practiced . . .… — Carlton J. H. Hayes
Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. The real extent… — Thomas Jefferson
Those who have a tolerable knowledge of human nature will not stand in need of such lights. — Alexander Hamilton
Good constitutions are formed upon a comparison of the liberty of the individual with the strength of government: If the tone of either be too… — Alexander Hamilton
In this world, which is so plainly the antechamber of another, there are no happy men. The true division of humanity is between those who… — Victor Hugo
Nature in darkness groans and men are bound to sullen contemplation in the night: restless they turn on beds of sorrow; in their inmost brain… — William Blake
Thirty years ago, about 80% of a company's assets resided in its plant and equipment, with 20% in the knowledge of its people. Today, the… — Susan Rice
True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the people of a given time and society consider most important.… — Leo Tolstoy
Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb it.… — John F. Kennedy
The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political idea is as he has of the principles of counterpoint.… — John Jay Chapman
The character of a nurse is just as important as the knowledge he/she possesses. — Carolyn Jarvis
Inability to make decisions is one of the principal reasons executives fail. Deficiency in decision-making ranks much higher than lack of specific knowledge or technical… — John C. Maxwell

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