"One of the glories of English simplicity is……" — Edward Sapir

One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using… - Edward Sapir

"One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb."

— Edward Sapir

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37 Quotes by Edward Sapir

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The psychology of a language which, in one way or another, is imposed upon one because of factors beyond one's…
We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose…
Human beings do not live in the objective world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily…
What fetters the mind and benumbs the spirit is ever the dogged acceptance of absolutes.
Language is the most massive and inclusive art we know, a mountainous and anonymous work of unconscious generations.
A common allegiance to form of expression that is identified with no single national unit is likely to prove one…
A second type of direct evidence is formed by statements, whether as formal legends or personal information, regarding the age…
A standard international language should not only be simple, regular, and logical, but also rich and creative.
A logical analysis of reflexive usages in French shows, however, that this simplicity is an illusion and that, so far…
As a matter of fact, a national language which spreads beyond its own confines very quickly loses much of its…
Comparison of statements made at different periods frequently enable us to give maximal and minimal dates to the appearance of…
Both French and Latin are involved with nationalistic and religious implications which could not be entirely shaken off, and so,…

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More English Quotes

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Well, I'm having a good time. Which makes me feel guilty too. How very English. — David Attenborough
You hear doom and gloom about the Internet ruining young people's command of English - that's nonsense. — Margaret Atwood
I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime… — John James Audubon
No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist. — Walter Bagehot
Kingsley Amis was one of a trio of brilliant comic novelists who made English literature sparkle in the twentieth century. — Russell Baker
'Batman' took 10 months to film, and by the time I stopped working on it, it took a long time… — Christian Bale
I look at myself, and I see a Spanish person who's trying to be understood by an English-speaking audience and… — Javier Bardem
I'm very sensitive to the English language. I studied the dictionary obsessively when I was a kid and collect old… — Drew Barrymore
I was crossing the English Channel with a carbon-fiber wing on my back. — Felix Baumgartner
I do love cricket - it's so very English. — Sarah Bernhardt
The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes. — Thomas Beecham
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing. — Robert Benchley

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