"Definitions, contrary to popular opinion, tell us nothing about things. They only describe people's linguistic habits; that is, they tell us what noises people make under what conditions."

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Source : S. I. HAYAKAWA (1941). “LANGUAGE IN ACTION”

S. I. Hayakawa

#People Quotes #Definitions Quotes #Noise Quotes

“Art is the objectification of feeling, and the subjectification of nature.”

Source : Mind: An Essay in Human Feeling vol. 1, pt. 2, ch. 4 (1967)
“To the distracting occupations belong especially my lecture courses which I am holding this winter for the first time, and which now cost much more of my time than I like. Meanwhile I hope that the second time this expenditure of time will be much less, otherwise I would never be able to reconcile myself to it, even practical (astronomical) work must give far more satisfaction than if one brings up to B a couple more mediocre heads which otherwise would have stopped at A.”
“Your legs will get heavy and tired. Then comes a moment of feeling the wings you've grown, lifting.”
“At some point, you've got to realize, you're either a leading man or you're not.”
“Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.”

Source : Alan Watts (2011). “The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are”, p.44, Souvenir Press
“In F1 too many things overshadow the racing. There is too much politics.”
“If not you, who? If not now, when?”
“All things are lessons that God would have us learn.”

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