#rise

The search for the symbolic value of phonemes, each taken as a whole, runs the risk of giving rise to ambiguous and trivial interpretations because phonemes are complex entities, bundles of different distinctive features. ↗

— Roman Jakobson

#because #complex #different #distinctive #each

I'm a bit surprised that the Raiders turned to Art Shell to be their new head coach, not because Shell isn't a good head coach - he had success before as the Raiders' head coach - but because he's been away from the game so long and the game has changed a lot in those years. ↗

— Ron Jaworski

#away #because #been #before #bit

Philosophy is tested and characterised by the way in which it appropriates its history. ↗

— Karl Jaspers

#history #philosophy #tested #way #which

In the last five or six thousand years, empires one after another have arisen, waxed powerful by wars of conquest, and fallen by internal revolution or attack from without. ↗

— John Boyd Orr

#another #arisen #attack #conquest #empires

All foreign companies registered in China are Chinese enterprises. Their innovation, production and business operations in China enjoy the same treatment as Chinese enterprises. ↗

— Hu Jintao

#china #chinese #companies #enjoy #enterprises

If it hadn't been for the rise of the working woman's wardrobe, I never would have found the time to sneak a kid in. ↗

— Betsey Johnson

#found #hadn #i #kid #never

Amsterdam was a great surprise to me. I had always thought of Venice as the city of canals; it had never entered my mind that I should find similar conditions in a Dutch town. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#amsterdam #canals #city #conditions #dutch

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#authors #chief #every #glory #people

I know enough of the world now to have almost lost the capacity of being much surprised by anything ↗

— Charles Dickens

#surprise #experience

The usefulness of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present. ↗

— Lane Kirkland

#number #people #present #rises #square