Fouler Le Quotes & Sayings

The strategy of semantic ascent is that it carries the discussion into a domain where both parties are better agreed on the objects (viz., words) and on the main terms connecting them. Words, or their inscriptions, unlike points, miles, classes and the rest, are tangible objects of the size so popular in the marketplace, where men of unlike conceptual schemes communicate at their best. The strategy is one of ascending to a common part of two fundamentally disparate conceptual schemes, the better to discuss the disparate foundations. No wonder it helps in philosophy. — Willard Van Orman Quine

But the pinkness and whiteness of underskirts and camisoles, the frilliness of foundation garments, the rustle about the bustle and the fuss about the bust. — Gregory Maguire

The only thing infinite is our capacity for self-deception — Robert Todd Carroll

If I don't book a job, I like to see it not as a rejection but as a redirection to something different. — Bella Hadid

I'm sure that the standard of public morality we've helped build will force government in Canada to approve complete health insurance. — Tommy Douglas

When you're in Los Angeles, nobody bats an eye, they're so used to seeing actors, they just act really cool. — Luke Wilson

To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all.
— Walt Whitman

I guess the very first thing is to own your true self, and that includes achieving the point of not lying to others; the first step should be not lying to yourself. — Ayumi Hamasaki

I mean only respect when I say that your mother has always struck me as someone with whom the Lord might have chosen to spend some part of His mortal time — Marilynne Robinson

There are known knowns, things we know that we know; and there are known unknowns, things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns, things we do not know we don't know. — Donald Rumsfeld

In our house we don't take ourselves too seriously, and laughter is the best form of unity, I think, in a marriage. — Michelle Obama

Anyone who doesn't know others doesn't know himself. — Halldor Laxness

Aren't maids the ultimate art critics? — John Waters