augmentedfourth's Quote Board, page 1
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We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
Speaker: Booker T. Washington (1856-1915)Posted: 04 Sep 2009 at 5:36 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Speaker: AristotlePosted: 18 Mar 2009 at 5:50 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Space isn’t remote at all. It’s only an hour’s drive away if your car could go straight upwards.
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It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.
Speaker: AristotlePosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:24 PMComments: 1 -
It is often forgotten that (dictionaries) are artificial repositories, put together well after the languages they define. The roots of language are irrational and of a magical nature.
Speaker: Jorge Luis BorgesPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:23 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Thinking is the great enemy of perfection. The habit of profound reflection, I am compelled to say, is the most pernicious of all the habits formed by civilized man.
Speaker: Joseph ConradPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:22 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
He who has imagination without learning has wings and no feet.
Speaker: Joseph JoubertPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:21 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
We must play from the soul, not like trained birds.
Speaker: C.P.E. BachPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:21 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.
Speaker: Sydney J. HarrisPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:20 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who believe themselves sinners; the sinners who believe themselves righteous.
Speaker: Blaise PascalPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:20 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.
Speaker: Thomas MannPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:20 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone.
Speaker: Bjarne Stroustrup, designer of C++Posted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:19 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
All words are pegs to hang ideas on.
Speaker: Henry Ward BeecherPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:19 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back.
Speaker: Piet HeinPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:19 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Say oh wise man how you have come to such knowledge? Because I was never ashamed to confess my ignorance and ask others.
Speaker: Johann Gottfried Von HerderPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:18 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.
Speaker: Arthur Conan DoylePosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:18 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
Speaker: Katharine HepburnPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:17 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
I have no respect for reality as soon as it is acknowledged as such. I am interested in what I can do with unacknowledged reality.
Speaker: Elias CanettiPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:17 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
There are things that music can do that language could never do, that painting can never do, or sculpture. Music is capable of going directly to the source of the mystery. It doesn’t have to explain it. It can simply celebrate it.
Speaker: Marsha NormanPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:16 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Let early education be a sort of amusement, you will then better be able to find out the natural bent of the child.
Speaker: PlatoPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:16 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment!