Pragmatics In Linguistics Quotes & Sayings

Flu vaccine is far and away the most underutilized. — Paul A. Offit

He was special friend to Coyote Kachina, who taught him the secret of shape shifting." "Grandfather blessed this earth with his presence for ninety-eight years. He had the courage to survive and left this world a better place than he found it. We shall all miss him." She blew a kiss at Grandfather. "Goodbye, Governor. You are my sun beneath the earth, my heart above the clouds, and my prayer for a better life. I will see you every morning when the sun rises. I shall miss you when the sun sets. I will yearn for you on a cloudy day. Do not forget me." She threw a silver locket with her picture into the grave. — Belinda Vasquez Garcia

I'd like to do a play in New York. — Matt Smith

I realised I really was shy. And once I was in it, I couldn't escape. I'd go to talk and find my face was made of cement. Nothing would come out. On winter days, I'd feel myself turning grey at the edges and fading into the walls.

Was this defensive strategy? It was paralysing. And it went on for years. — Janet E. Cameron

When the male organ of a man stands erect, two thirds of his intelect go away. And one third of his religion. — Zadie Smith

No country which has cricket as one of its national games has yet gone communist. — Woodrow Wyatt

No one will live forever. — Lailah Gifty Akita

It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool. — Harold Macmillan

You question, as anybody should, the overarching worth of your profession, right? So that's a question I've often asked myself. — Theo James

It seemed to a number of philosophers of language, myself included, that we should attempt to achieve a unification of Chomsky's syntax, with the results of the researches that were going on in semantics and pragmatics. I believe that this effort has proven to be a failure. Though Chomsky did indeed revolutionize the subject of linguistics, it is not at all clear, at the end the century, what the solid results of this revolution are. As far as I can tell there is not a single rule of syntax that all, or even most, competent linguists are prepared to agree is a rule. — John Rogers Searle

Trade increases the wealth and glory of a country; but its real strength and stamina are to be looked for among the cultivators of the land. — William Pitt

There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men. When the majority shall at length vote for the abolition of slavery, it will be because they are indifferent to slavery, or because there is but little slavery left to be abolished by their vote. They will then be the only slaves. — Henry David Thoreau

Average people look for ways of getting away with it; successful people look for ways of getting on with it. — Jim Rohn

We care too much about what happens to be there as a result of history. I worry even more that we care too much for the past and not enough for the present and the near present. — Nicholas Serota

There are many ways to feed people. — Mary E. Pearson