Kenneth L. Pike Quotes

We assume, to begin with, that the individual is at least as complex in his internal structure as the language is which he speaks - otherwise, how could he speak a language which is complex?

Kenneth L. Pike

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• Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected.

  

  Samuel Gompers
  • People
  • Rights
  • Unions

• A mate of mine told me recently, 'It's the first time I've seen you work, Worthington.' I thought that was quite funny, but he was right.

  

  Sam Worthington
  • Time
  • Work
  • Funny

• I'm such a relationship guy. I really am.

  

  Lance Bass NSYNC
  • Guy
  • Relationship
  • Really

• I kinda lose my mind in 'Fringe,' or at least my character does. Whenever I'm acting, I tend to accidentally become unable to switch off the character. I'm a little bit of a method actor, but without really wanting to be.

  

  Natassia Malthe
  • Mind
  • Character
  • Acting

• I'm lucky to be married to someone who entirely gets what I do. She is totally sympathetic to the actor's life. Her own mother was an actress, so she sort of grew up with it.

  

  Dan Stevens
  • Life
  • Up
  • She

• I know, for me, 'Grease' was one of the first musicals that I can really remember watching as a kid, and I kind of fell in love that that genre.

  

  Jacob Artist
  • Love
  • Know
  • Genre

• The U.S. can become carbon neutral in our lifetimes. In the process, we will put millions of Americans to work, make our companies more competitive, and shield our communities from extreme weather. And we will honor our obligation to leave the world a better place for future generations.

  

  Frances Beinecke
  • World
  • Work
  • Future

• It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

  

  Edmund Hillary
  • Mountain
  • Ourselves
  • Conquer

• Politicians aren't special. They lie the same way we all do, revealing their true nature under pressure.

  

  Pamela Meyer
  • True
  • Nature
  • Lie

• Keeping your private life as private as possible is the smartest thing.

  

  Kate Mara
  • Life
  • Possible
  • Smartest

• For everything that you do, there are people who appreciate your work and then there are those who don't. I think very few people have the guts to be sure of what they are doing, believe in it, and then go ahead and do it, irrespective of what people think.

  Nastassja Kinski
  • People
  • Work
  • Believe

• …I also discovered Larry's First Law of Language Redesign: Everyone wants the colon.

  

  Larry Wall
  • Law

• Alan Cranston understood power not as a reflection of status but as a tool with a purpose.' – Sen. Joseph Biden December 31, 2000 on Meet the Press

  

  Alan Cranston
  • Power
  • Purpose
  • Reflection

• I love Tinashe.

  

  Charli XCX

• It wasn't until I got to Cambridge that I discovered active discrimination against women.

  

  Mary Beard
  • Women

• If you're not being pessimistic, you're not being very realistic. But I think one must always have hope, and when you have children, of course, you have no choice but to work your tail off to try and protect the future for your children. And that is infused by hope in the end.

  

  David Suzuki
  • Work
  • Children
  • Hope

• We were so limited on time for 'No Burden' that we didn't get to overthink anything. There was no going for the perfect take, or even going for three takes. It was kind of nice because what you're hearing is our first impulse.

  

  Lucy Dacus
  • Time
  • Perfect
  • Nice

• My friends are not in the industry - they're young artists or knitwear designers or whatever.

  

  Emily Ratajkowski
  • Friends

• It is important to choose your director and co-stars well.

  Jacqueline Fernandez
  • Important

• I always thought the leading actor should be the best supporting actor, because you're the only person that can help every other actor on the set.

  

  Kevin Costner
  • Help
  • Person
  • Actor

• I'm sorry for the anguished hearts that break with passion's strain, But I'm sorrier for the poor starved souls that never knew love's pain, Who hunger on through barren years not tasting joys they crave, For sadder far is such a lot than weeping o'er a grave.

  

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox
  • Heart
  • Pain
  • Passion

• "Straight Edge" was a song about my life. There was no structure, no premise as if I was forming a club. There were no tenets. I mean I wrote a song called "Straight Edge," I'll take that, but the song was about my life the way I wanted to live it.

  

  Ian MacKaye
  • Life
  • Live
  • Song

• I don't know that I could pick a better place to raise a family than Nashville.

  

  Jay DeMarcus Rascal Flatts
  • Family
  • Place
  • Nashville

• We assume, to begin with, that the individual is at least as complex in his internal structure as the language is which he speaks - otherwise, how could he speak a language which is complex?

  

  Kenneth L. Pike