J. L. Austin Quotes

Like 'real', 'free' is only used to rule out the suggestion of some or all of its recognized antitheses. As 'truth' is not a name of a characteristic of assertions, so 'freedom' is not a name for a characteristic of actions, but the name of a dimension in which actions are assessed.

J. L. Austin

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• I'm not very good at being domesticated. I've tried. The domestic life I find claustrophobic - the rituals and habits and patterns.

  

  Ralph Fiennes
  • Life
  • Good
  • Habits

• We don't ask the actor playing James Bond what his sexual preference is. So I don't know what it is, really, with trying to out actors who portray gay characters on television. But it is some sort of fascination in society.

  

  Jack Falahee
  • Trying
  • Society
  • Gay

• They talk about those All-Star Games being exhibition affairs, and maybe they are, but I've seen very few players in my life who didn't want to win, no matter whom they were playing or what for.

  

  Carl Hubbell
  • Life
  • Star
  • Win

• I think people probably think I self-start, but I don't... I'm an actor, and I like to be of use to the director. To be a muse.

  

  Parker Posey
  • People
  • Think
  • Like

• The crisis of black politics can only be resolved through the development of multiclass, multiracial, progressive political structures.

  

  Manning Marable
  • Political
  • Black
  • Politics

• Events tend to recur in cycles.

  

  W. Clement Stone
  • Events
  • Tend
  • Recur

• By the time I got to Bournemouth Art College, I'd been so inspired by Sam Raimi and Robert Rodriguez and their tiny, no-budget films that I decided to do a feature-length version of 'Fistful Of Fingers.'

  

  Edgar Wright
  • Time
  • Art
  • College

• I never quite toed the line. I was a bit disruptive. All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.' And now, that's what I do for a living.

  

  Dan Stevens
  • School
  • Age
  • Learn

• The writer is all alone.

  

  V. S. Naipaul
  • Alone
  • Writer

• I am proud of where I came from, and I am proud of what I've been able to achieve through hard work and perseverance. And I guarantee you that anyone who tries to say otherwise hasn't walked a day in my shoes.

  

  Wendy Davis
  • Work
  • Day
  • Proud

• They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class.

  

  H. Rap Brown
  • You
  • Saying
  • Class

• And still I'm not completely happy with my skating. I always feel I can do more and climb higher.

  

  Oksana Baiul
  • Happy
  • Always
  • Climb

• I cherish the ballets made for myself by Mr. Balanchine. He never lost his temper. He was quiet, humble, the genius of the 20th century.

  

  Patricia McBride
  • Lost
  • Myself
  • Genius

• I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached their hearts. And when I do, the thrill is mine.

  

  Kate Smith
  • Audience
  • Wonderful
  • Hearts

• Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
  • Down
  • Mine
  • Appearances

• Back home, almost everything I did, I did in Hebrew. I went to drama school in Hebrew, my whole career was in Hebrew, and to switch languages was something that was fascinating and more complicated than I expected it to be, even though I've been speaking English since I could speak.

  

  Yael Grobglas
  • School
  • Home
  • Career

• Most people draw from the mind, not the eye. They draw the idea of a table or a face, not what's in front of them. We don't actually see the line of the jaw as a line and we don't see an eye as a perfectly outlined almond shape.

  

  Caio Fonseca
  • People
  • Mind
  • Eye

• I was a national level golf player. I gave up golf after a while when I wanted to model, as I would tan while playing it. I love watching movies and hanging out with my friends in Delhi.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
  • Up
  • Love
  • Friends

• There is only one real failure in life that is possible, and that is, not to be true to the best one knows.

  

  Frederic William Farrar
  • Life
  • Real
  • True

• The simulacrum now hides, not the truth, but the fact that there is none, that is to say, the continuation of Nothingness.

  

  Jean Baudrillard
  • Truth

• I am not being facetious when I say that the real enemies in this country are the Pentagon and its pals in big business.

  

  Bella Abzug
  • Country
  • Real
  • Business

• In song the same rule applies as in dramatic verse: the meaning must yield itself, or yield itself sufficiently to arouse the attention and interest, in real time.

  

  James Fenton
  • Time
  • Real
  • Song

• Like 'real', 'free' is only used to rule out the suggestion of some or all of its recognized antitheses. As 'truth' is not a name of a characteristic of assertions, so 'freedom' is not a name for a characteristic of actions, but the name of a dimension in which actions are assessed.

  

  J. L. Austin
  • Real
  • Truth
  • Free