The topics which language limits us to aren’t much worth discussing in the first place.(attrib: F.L. Vanderson)
– Mort W Lumsden
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- A book isn’t worth reading if it’s not worth discussing. – Rick Holland
- The limits of my language are the limits of my universe. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- The limits of my language means the limits of my world. – Ludwig Wittgenstein
- The limits of your language are the limits of your world. – Ludwig Wittgenstein
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- My head is a prison I’ve been locked in from the start,So if I’m treated like a criminal I might as well play the part.(attrib: E. Tancarville) – Dan GarfatPratt
- I don’t know what you mean, but I know that you mean it.(attrib: ‘Edward’, Appendix 2) – Robert Robert
- The code of the con is to know just enough about everything so you can lie about anything.(attrib: E. Tancarville) – Dan GarfatPratt
- Willpower and determination have their limits. A compelling life purpose, one you believe God created you for, will help you push beyond those limits – Tom Cunningham
- I do not regard the limits of the past and present as the limits of humanity of the future – Ludwig Feuerbach
- Boundaries represent awareness, knowing what the limits are and then respecting those limits. – David W Earle
- Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. – Arthur Schopenhauer
- There are limits to human beings and science, and fiction is one way to expose those limits. –Ono Norihiro – Patrick W Galbraith
- Genius is the ability to push one’s limits beyond the limits each time, every endeavour. – Chandrakant Kaluram Mhatre
- Liberals feel unworthy of their possessions. Conservatives feel they deserve everything they’ve stolen. – Mort Sahl
- My life needs editing. – Mort Sahl
- Even Jesus, three days, died. Who is strong doesn’t make the strong. (Même Jésus, trois jours, est mort. Qui est fort ne fait le fort) – Charles de Leusse
- And he goes around killing people?- said Mort. He shook his head. -œThere’s no justice.-Death sighed. No, he said… there’s just me. – Terry Pratchett
- And he goes around killing people?- said Mort. He shook his head. -œThere’s no justice.-Death sighed. No, he said… there’s just me. – Terry Pratchett
- Only the good die young, the bad petite-mort – Josh Stern
- The language of marriage is often a language of ownership, not a language of partnership. – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- All women speak two languages:-¨the language of men-¨and the language of silent suffering.-¨ Some women speak a third,-¨the language of queens. – Mohja Kahf
- Language comes first. It’s not that language grows out of consciousness, if you haven’t got language, you can’t be conscious. – Alan Moore
- The German language is so sonorous, isn’t it? Beautiful language…the language of poetry. Angry, angry poetry. – John Oliver
- Micro: Letters create words. Words create language. Language, we are told, permits knowledge & expression. Language is what we are. Are we jailed? – Anthony North
- A life is like a book of many chapters and topics. Which Chapter are is your life? – Mopelola Adeniyi
- The more books you read, the less topics you have in common with most of the people, that´s the price you pay for reading. – Martina Tutkov
- All topics should be studied through the lens of the Gospel. – CJ Mahaney
- Love and poor parenting are acceptable topics for any formal meal I make. – Thomm Quackenbush
- Over the years, they’d become accomplished at avoiding unpleasant topics. Their burdened demeanors spoke volumes through the silence. – Glenn B Miller
- I was of course discussing the book of Leviticus. I don’t know why your mind is so filthy these days, Bingley. – Marsha Altman
- In a school community, someone who reads a book for some secretive purpose, other than discussing it, is strange. What was she reading for? – John Irving
- If only stupid people could have the mere intelligence to shut up while discussing serious matter, the world would go along so much better ! – Laure Lacornette
- When faced with a problem, don’t keep on discussing it. Go beyond the mental barrier to resolve it. – Z Vally
- Please do not say magic like you are discussing a bowel movement… Humanity expects the lights, so they are provided. – Thomm Quackenbush
- Generally I try to avoid discussing consciousness, since it’s, like, hard. – Robert Kurzban
- Patience and Impatience are having tea discussing Time. The conversation goes on endlessly. – Natasha Tsakos
- Whatever the Clave was discussing, the Council meeting was dragging on brutally late. -œBut he knows New York. He doesn’t know Alicante-” – Cassandra Clare