#use

The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk. ↗

— George Santayana

#impulse #primary #satisfy #talk #use

Music is essentially useless, as is life. ↗

— George Santayana

#life #music #useless

Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much. ↗

— George Santayana

#expect #much #other #philosophers #severe

In normal times, investors should pay more attention to the credit markets because it's the energy by which everything is driven. It's the oil in the engine. ↗

— Rick Santelli

#because #credit #driven #energy #engine

You need more people to perpetuate a myth because if the people stop the myth is known to all. ↗

— Rick Santelli

#known #more #more people #myth #need

I'm always told that what I say is controversial. Why is it controversial? Because I speak from a tradition that has now fallen out of favor with the dominant media in this country. And so when I say things like marriage should be between one man and one woman, I'm called a bigot. ↗

— Rick Santorum

#because #between #bigot #called #controversial

Every society in the history of man has upheld the institution of marriage as a bond between a man and a woman. Why? Because society is based on one thing: that society is based on the future of the society. And that's what? Children. Monogamous relationships. ↗

— Rick Santorum

#because #between #bond #children #every

The idea is that the state doesn't have rights to limit individuals' wants and passions. I disagree with that. I think we absolutely have rights because there are consequences to letting people live out whatever wants or passions they desire. ↗

— Rick Santorum

#because #consequences #desire #disagree #i

It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#communication #essentially #illusion #imagine #incidental

The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is really a great advantage, because it tends to make man see himself as the master of language instead of its obedient servant. ↗

— Edward Sapir

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