We see what we see because we miss all the finer details.

If words are not things, or maps are not the actual territory, then, obviously, the only possible link between the objective world and the linguistic world is found in structure, and structure alone.

The map is not the territory.

Man's achievements rest upon the use of symbols.... we must consider ourselves as a symbolic, semantic class of life, and those who rule the symbols, rule us.

To use words to sense reality is like going with a lamp to search for darkness.

There are two ways to slice easily thorugh life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.

Words don't mean, people mean.

The map is not the territory... The only usefulness of a map depends on similarity of structure between the empirical world and the map.

Who rules our symbols, rules us.

A person does what he does because he sees the world as he sees it.

If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.

If I’m going to have hope, I’m going to have to learn to endure disappointment.

Extend your loving and kind hands towards others. In return you will find that the whole universe will be kind to you.

Did you really think I'd steer you wrong?" Then William pointed to the wide-open country beyond the next ridge. "New York's that way. My compass is unerring.

Common sense is not so common.

Here at last is the thing I was made for.

I represent where them killers at 145th and Broadway you get your head cracked

I was a student in the Department of Anthropology. At that time, they were teaching that there was absolutely no difference between anybody. They may be teaching that still.

There are two worlds: the world of the tourist and the world of everyone else. Often they're side by side. But the tourist doesn't actually see how people live.

If a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it's as though I've neglected something essential to my existence, as though I had forgotten to wake up.

The only reason in the world that I bought a computer was to look up UFO sites.