#refer

The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#common #interpret #language #mankind #means

Age becomes reality when you hear someone refer to that attractive young woman standing next to the woman in the green dress, and you find that you're the one in the green dress. ↗

— Lois Wyse

#attractive #becomes #dress #find #green

I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#desire #female #friendship #happiness #her

People were referring to me as the new Anita Bryant. Anita would get a little jealous. ↗

— Kathie Lee Gifford

#bryant #get #jealous #little #me

I often play on the cello-bass side of the orchestra, because I prefer the deep sounds. I can't hear the violins well. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#deep #hear #i #often #orchestra

I say that I can't make anything up. I think of myself as a collage artist. I'm cutting and pasting memories of my life. And I say, I have to live a life in order to tell a life. I would prefer to tell it because telling you're always in control, you're like God. ↗

— Spalding Gray

#anything #artist #because #collage #control

I've always been the only girl in those environments. It's comfortable for me - I prefer it, actually. ↗

— Lisa Guerrero

#always #been #comfortable #environments #girl

I prefer to bring these to the service of story rather than to let them replace narrative. ↗

— James Gunn

#i #narrative #prefer #rather #replace

To remove this obstacle I repeat or refer to such knowledge as has come under my notice, my own previously expressed views, and also describe and exhibit my last experiments and explain their novelty and utility. ↗

— Lawrence Hargrave

#come #describe #exhibit #experiments #explain

I did photography, painting, and drawing, but I prefer sculpture. I like it because it's very physical. ↗

— P. J. Harvey

#did #drawing #i #like #painting