"The problem posed by indirect speech acts is the problem of how it is possible for the speaker to say one thing and mean that but also to mean something else."

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Source : "Expression and Meaning: Studies in the Theory of Speech Acts". Book by John Searle, 1979.

John Searle

#Mean Quotes #Speech Quotes #Problem Quotes

“If you kill a character people feel sad. That's too easy.”
“People who wait for the right moment end up waiting forever.”
“If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it.”
“O you who sold yourself for the sake of something that will cause you suffering and pain, and which will also lose its beauty, you sold the most precious item for the cheapest price, as if you neither knew the value of the goods nor the meanness of the prize. Wait until you come on the Day of Mutual Loss and Gain and you will discover the injustice of this contract.”
“I find older men more attractive than boys. I need a man who can teach me a thing or two.”
“Politicians make good company for a while just as children do - their self-enjoyment is contagious. But they soon exhaust their favourite subjects -themselves.”

Source : "Lead time". Book by Garry Wills, 1983.
“Since I was a law student, I have been against the death penalty. It does not deter. It is severely discriminatory against minorities, especially since they're given no competent legal counsel defense in many cases. It's a system that has to be perfect. You cannot execute one innocent person. No system is perfect. And to top it off, for those of you who are interested in the economics it, it costs more to pursue a capital case toward execution than it does to have full life imprisonment without parole”
“My dearest friend in the movement is Jack Nichols. If there were no such thing as gay or straight, we would still talk and share experiences till the end of time.”

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