Ferdinand de Saussure Quotes
Linguistics will have to recognise laws operating universally in language, and in a strictly rational manner, separating general phenomena from those restricted to one branch of languages or another.
Quotes to Explore
-
With the decline of America's global preeminence, weaker countries will be more susceptible to the assertive influence of major regional powers.
-
I was that weird eight-year-old who was really interested in Shakespeare and understood it and appreciated the language.
-
The United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam.
-
The Florida Jewish community is incredibly important in the primary and will be that important in the general election as well.
-
With 'True Grit,' the language was very specific, as is Shakespeare. You couldn't really improvise, nor would you really ever have to. I never felt the need to. It was all so beautifully written, and it was all right there.
-
Yiddish, originally, in Eastern Europe was considered the language of children, of the illiterate, of women. And 500 years later, by the 19th century, by the 18th century, writers realized that, in order to communicate with the masses, they could no longer write in Hebrew. They needed to write in Yiddish, the language of the population.
-
I will keep painting until I die.
-
Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I had talked the talk, and now I had to walk the walk. For three days, I couldn't answer the phone.
-
I will reveal the secrets behind these doors.
-
If the world sees that we can defend our borders... then no one will try to come to Hungary illegally.
-
In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.
-
My body will never go back to what it was, and I wouldn't expect it to after three babies.
-
It seems Palestinians can't win. The language of peace negotiations has always been predicated on a representation that Palestinians are violent and that is why Israel behaves as it does.
-
I would do anything and I will continue to do anything I can to stop the train wreck that is Obamacare.
-
To achieve the very pinnacle of good taste, the neoclassicists wrote their plays entirely in alexandrine verse, a rarefied meter that is uniquely tailored to the French language and fits no other.
-
Yes, we are all different. Different customs, different foods, different mannerisms, different languages, but not so different that we cannot get along with one another. If we will disagree without being disagreeable.
-
Coffee is a language in itself.
-
Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things.
-
The Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way or another, will serve Israel through its control over the American administration.
-
The specifically human capacity for language enables children to provide for auxiliary tools in the solution of difficult tasks, to overcome impulsive action, to plan a solution to a problem prior to its execution, and to master their own behavior.
-
The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.
-
I love what I do and I strive to be better; that's what keeps me going. I'm never a slacker, always a striver.
-
The rain forest has Sting. Now Siberia has Jack Dee. Someone had to draw the short straw. In this case it was the rain forest.
-
Linguistics will have to recognise laws operating universally in language, and in a strictly rational manner, separating general phenomena from those restricted to one branch of languages or another.
