If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers. – Doug Larson Category: Language
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used. – Oliver Wendell Holmes Category: Language
Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should be very little else than such a carrier. – Louise Bogan Category: Language
The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Category: Peace
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Worship,” The Conduct of Life, 1860 Category: Attitude
To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women. – Angela Davis Category: relationship
