Everyday Quote by Ludwig Wittgenstein

When philosophers use a word--"knowledge," "being," "object," "I," "proposition," "name"--and try to grasp the essence of the thing, one must always ask oneself: is…

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

I tell my students to think of poems as language plus, language with value added beyond its everyday use.

— Monica Youn

Books must be treated with respect, we feel that in our bones, because words have power. Bring enough words together they can bend space…

— Terry Pratchett

And you bring your words, But you're just like them, You're unprepared 'Cause you don't know the terrain

— Dar Williams

Don't let anyone bring you down with they're words because you are beautiful, young, and gorgeous. No one can ever take that away from…

— Anonymous

I think writers like to see how people bring their words to life, and it's always surprising. Always, no matter what, whether it's good…

— Lisa Edelstein

Men as well as women, must strive for a balance of experience. Masculinity, defined as requiring the ability to act physically or mentally but…

— Eva Cox

“About twenty years later, the Pentagon would begin giving away millions of pieces of military equipment to police departments across the country for everyday…

— Radley Balko

“The dandelion was long popularly known as the 'pissabed' because of its supposed diuretic properties, and other names in everyday use included 'mare's fart',…

— Bill Bryson

“It is an old observation that the best writers sometimes disregard the rules of rhetoric. When they do so, however, the reader will usually…

— William Strunk Jr

Making beautiful things for everyday use is a wonderful thing to do - making life flow more easily - but art confronts life, allowing…

— Antony Gormley

“A mother’s breast is like an efficient pharmacist: it produces general disease preventing substances for everyday use and then makes up specific medicines to…

— Gabrielle Palmer