The spirit of logical analysis should in practice blend with the practical pressure for the adoption of some form of international language, but it should not allow itself to be stampeded by it.

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.

Discipline your mind to see the good in every situation and look on the best side of every event.

Boys", she says, "just aren't very good at being afraid.

All the social ills thatlaw presumes to correct exist because people are not free tolearn and grow.

Fun is not the same thing as fulfillment.

I hoped there would be a better process. But it is final -- I will not participate .

All day my mind drifts off into fantasies and little stupid jokes.

I think it's a very bad idea for someone to start writing for a readership.

I wasn't born with a natural talent for songwriting.

I'm actually a lowlife. On the street at fifteen and also in jail for the first time at that age, and off and on the street until my mid-twenties.

Contrary to the vision of the left, it was the free market which produced affordable housing - before government intervention made housing unaffordable.