"It's perfectly obvious that there is some genetic factor that distinguishes humans from other animals and that it is language-specific. The theory of that genetic component, whatever it turns out to be, is what is called universal grammar."

-- Noam Chomsky

#Animal Quotes #Language Quotes #Theory Quotes

“She started drinkin' we weren't thinkin' too straight, she was doing eighty slammed on the brakes. Got so hot we had to pull to the side, did some shakin' 'til the middle of the night.”
“Harvey was not content merely to gather knowledge; he digested and arranged it under the guidance of the faculties which compare and reason. ... Harvey appears to have possessed, in a remarkable degree, the power of persuading and conciliating those with whom he came in contact. In the whole course of his long life we hear nothing either of personal enemies or personal enmities ... one of the great men whom God, in virtue of his eternal laws, bids to appear on earth from time to time to enlighten, and to ennoble mankind.”

Source : "The Works of William Harvey, M.D". Book by Robert Willis, "The Life of Harvey", 1847.
“Virtue often trips and falls over the sharp edge of poverty.”
“If your Olympic Hero were to use the Worm in the 1996 Olympic Games, it would be so embarassing to all the other atheletes - and our country, mind you- that the USA would have finished behind Guam.”
“The 1,000 tasting portions were to be served over a period of six hours, starting at noon, so we would have to prep those another way, to keep them as fresh as possible.”
“Fearlessness in those without power is maddening to those who have it.”

Source : Tobias Wolff (2007). “This Boy's Life: A Memoir”, p.25, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“Whatever the nature of dance, it needs no onlooker, not even a single witness.”
“I don't think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience's reaction is from another.”

Source : Douglas Coupland (2011). “The Gum Thief: A Novel”, p.58, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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