Contribution Quote by Ferdinand de Saussure

It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e. perceives the whole extent of it, that it is…

— Ferdinand de Saussure

“a critical principle of project management: Words are only code for the pictures in our minds.”

— Kory Kogon

The critical principle of feminist theology is the promotion of the full humanity of women. Whatever denies, diminishes, or distorts the full humanity of…

— Rosemary Radford Ruether

In general, the philological movement opened up countless sources relevant to linguistic issues, treating them in quite a different spirit from traditional grammar; for…

— Ferdinand de Saussure

I'm inspired by history, different periods.

— Adam Lambert

I'm like a painter who has had his different periods: jazz, soul, pop, psychedelia, varietes.

— Demis Roussos

The one indication that I got that I was doing the right job in Bosnia was that at different periods of time all the…

— John Pomfret

I enjoy learning about different periods and people, and then taking what's universal about the human condition and seeing where it matches up. No…

— Laura Linney

Linguistics will have to recognise laws operating universally in language, and in a strictly rational manner, separating general phenomena from those restricted to one…

— Ferdinand de Saussure

One of the challenges with period costumes is, on a technical level, making the scale of different periods work on contemporary bodies. We're much…

— Colleen Atwood

Different periods, different cultures - it's just the way my mind works. My music is that way as well. There's a foundation but the…

— Erykah Badu

Comparison of statements made at different periods frequently enable us to give maximal and minimal dates to the appearance of a cultural element or…

— Edward Sapir