#mm

Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion. ↗

— Daniel J. Boorstin

#commodity #contrary #diffusion #dispersion #grows

Common sense varies among the young, as among the old. ↗

— John Edward Christopher Hill

#common #common sense #old #sense #varies

I like the English. They have the most rigid code of immorality in the world. ↗

— Malcolm Bradbury

#english #i #immorality #like #most

Ever since I was little it was programmed into me that London is where great theatre occurs and all the big shows you love start there. ↗

— Zach Braff

#ever #great #i #into #little

So smoking is the perfect way to commit suicide without actually dying. I smoke because it's bad, it's really simple. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#bad #because #commit #dying #i

I know that if odour were visible, as colour is, I'd see the summer garden in rainbow clouds. ↗

— Robert Bridges

#colour #garden #i #know #rainbow

I am now completing research supported by NSF and NEH that is mapping changes in the English language through all of North America, for both mainstream and minority communities. ↗

— William Labov

#america #both #changes #communities #completing

This African American Vernacular English shares most of its grammar and vocabulary with other dialects of English. But it is distinct in many ways, and it is more different from standard English than any other dialect spoken in continental North America. ↗

— William Labov

#african american #america #american #any #continental

The narration, in fact, doubles the drama with a commentary without which no mise en scene would be possible. ↗

— Jacques Lacan

#doubles #drama #fact #in fact #narration

We emphasize that such a form of communication is not absent in man, however evanescent a naturally given object may be for him, split as it is in its submission to symbols. ↗

— Jacques Lacan

#communication #emphasize #evanescent #form #given