A standard international language should not only be simple, regular, and logical, but also rich and creative.

Language is the most massive and inclusive art we know, a mountainous and anonymous work of unconscious generations.

Language is an anonymous, collective and unconscious art; the result of the creativity of thousands of generations.

We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices of interpretation.

Nonverbal communication is an elaborate secret code that is written nowhere, known by none, and understood by all.

Cultural anthropology is not valuable because it uncovers the archaic in the psychological sense. It is valuable because it is constantly rediscovering the normal.

I am convinced that the stratigraphic method will in the future enable archaeology to throw far more light on the history of American culture than it has done in the past.

The fact of the matter is that the 'real world' is to a large extent unconsciously built up on the language habits of the group.

In a sense, every form of expression is imposed upon one by social factors, one's own language above all.

No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality.

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

One of the most moral acts is to create a space in which life can move forward.

You have to change your environment to serve your purpose.

I'm focused on being the best, making history.

In vowing ourselves to one another, we are entitled to stand before the Almighty and ask Him for His grace and His blessing.

Sympathy wanting, all is wanting; its personal magnetism is the conductor of the sacred spark that lights our atoms, puts us m human communion, and gives us to company, conversation, and ourselves.

In reality, people are who they are and they'll never really change.

The Church is a perpetually defeated thing that always outlives her conquerers.

Bridge is nowhere; over the bridge, you feel an emptiness inside you. Bridge is nowhere.

Nothing has a more sinister effect on art than the artist's desire to prove that he's good. The terrible temptation of idealism!

I guess I'm flattered that people think I can help get things done.