Logo
Language is by its very nature a communal thing; that is, it expre

Language is by its very nature a communal thing; that is, it expresses never the exact thing but a compromise — that which is common to you, me, and everybody. – Thomas Earnest Hulme, Speculations, 1923

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Language
category

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

Everything can change, but not the language that we carry inside us, like a world more exclusive and final than ones mothers womb. – Italo Calvino

Category:
Language

The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand. – Lewis Thomas

Category:
Language

Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides. – Rita Mae Brown

Category:
Language

Random Quotes

The term serious actor is kind of an oxymoron, isnt it? Like Republican party or airplane food. – Johnny Depp

Category:
Food

It is possible at any age to discover a lifelong desire you never knew you had. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Category:
Age

A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results. – Wade Boggs

Category:
Attitude

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth. – Voltaire

Category:
Religion