"We not only interpret the character of events...……" — Kenneth Burke

"We not only interpret the character of events... we may also interpret our interpretations."

— Kenneth Burke

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19 Quotes by Kenneth Burke

Kenneth Burke has 19 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Men seek for vocabularies that are reflections of reality. To this end, they must develop vocabularies that are selections of…
The progress of human enlightenment can go no further than in picturing people not as vicious, but as mistaken.
The use of words by human agents to form attitudes or induce actionsin other human agents.
Rhetoric is rooted in an essential function of language itself, a function that is wholly realistic and continually born anew:…
Wherever there is persuasion, there is rhetoric, and wherever there is rhetoric, there is meaning.
Man is/the symbol-using (symbol making, symbol-misusing) animal/inventor of the negative (or moralized by the negative)/separated from his natural condition by…
The most characteristic concern of rhetoric [is] the manipulation of men's beliefs for political ends....the basic function of rhetoric [is]…
Even if any given terminology is a reflection of reality, by its very nature as a terminology it must be a selection of reality;…
Stories are equipment for living.
Dignity belongs to the conquered....
Words are like planets, each with its own gravitational pull.
You persuade a man only insofar as you can talk his language by speech, gesture, tonality, order, image, attitude, idea,…

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More Character Quotes

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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good… — Hannah Arendt
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. — Aristotle
What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition… — Aristotle
One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about… — J. J. Abrams
My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was… — Lance Armstrong
Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting. — Darren Aronofsky
You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real. — Victoria Abril
I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembered as a… — Rowan Atkinson
When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years, I did strange things -… — Rowan Atkinson

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