Language is conceived in sin and science is its redemption.

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  Language is a social art.

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  The familiar material objects may not be all that is real, but they are admirable examples.

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  It is one of the consolations of philosophy that the benefit of showing how to dispense with a conc

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  We do not learn first what to talk about and then what to say about it.

• Willard Van Orman Quine:

  Confusion of sign and object is original sin coeval with the word.

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  Meaning is what essence becomes when it is divorced from the object of reference and wedded to the

• Frank Waters:

  The whole westward expansion myth is seen as romantic. But it's a joke, a blot on American history.

• Frank Waters:

  The vast sage desert undulates with almost imperceptible tides like the oceans.

• Moses Hadas:

  Thank you for sending me a copy of your book - I'll waste no time reading it.