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

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

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

Category:
Language

Ive found that there are only two kinds that are any good: slang that has established itself in the language, and slang that you make up yourself. Everything else is apt to be pass? before it gets into print. – Raymond Chandler

Category:
Language

The downtrodden, who are the great creators of slang. – Anthony Burgess

Category:
Language

Random Quotes

Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time. – Arthur Ashe

Category:
Time

By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more. – Albert Camus

Category:
Government

More countries have understood that womens equality is a prerequisite for development. – Kofi Annan

Category:
Equality

As children, some of us liked magic and fantasy, more than reality. So, we became writers. – Dr.SunWolf, professorsunwolf.com

Category:
Writing