Illocutionary Act Quotes & Sayings

Let me propose that if your beliefs or convictions matter more to you than people - if they require you to act as though you were a worse person than you are - you may have lost perspective. — Tim Kreider

My goal in 'Live to Cook' is to make great food more approachable for home cooks. — Michael Symon

Failure doesn't mean you have failed. It means you haven't succeeded yet — Anamika Mishra

The opportunity is in the problem. The moment I see a problem, I immediately begin to think about the opportunities that can be created by trying to solve it. — Strive Masiyiwa

The eyes of a woman who never cried can not be beautiful. — Sophia Loren

No is easier to do. Yes is easier to say. — Jason Fried

The Sphinx is missing a nose. Someone shot it off in a moment of idle desecration - some say it was Mameluke Turks, others, Napoleonic soldiers. — Carl Sagan

No one, especially not you, can change an entire universe's purpose at the drop of a dramatic speech. Like the rest ... You're just another speck of dust on God's windshield. — Charles Lee

It's all about salsa with grain chips, tofu, turkey slices, hummus, and coconut water. — Laurieann Gibson

In the performance of an illocutionary act in the literal utterance of a sentence, the speaker intends to produce a certain effect by means of getting the hearer to recognize his intention to produce that effect; and furthermore, if he is using the words literally, he intends this recognition to be achieved in virtue of the fact that the rules for using the expressions he utters associate the expression with the production of that effect. — John Searle