#wit

Uncritical semantics is the myth of a museum in which the exhibits are meanings and the words are labels. To switch languages is to change the labels. ↗

— Willard Van Orman Quine

#exhibits #labels #languages #meanings #museum

I get the impression the English kings were witty, for some reason. I feel like all you had was your wit. ↗

— Colin Quinn

#feel #get #had #i #i feel

I don't know how people live without coffee, I really don't. ↗

— Martha Quinn

#how #i #know #live #people

It became clear to me in an instant that living a gay life without publicly acknowledging it is simply not enough to make any significant contribution to the immense work that lies ahead on the road to complete equality. ↗

— Zachary Quinto

#ahead #any #became #clear #complete

We are at the precipice of great transformation within our culture and government. ↗

— Zachary Quinto

#government #great #our #precipice #transformation

Science without conscience is the death of the soul. ↗

— Francois Rabelais

#death #science #soul #without

Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls. ↗

— Francois Rabelais

#because #calls #counsel #effect #force

For an athlete, the biggest pressure comes from within. You know what you want to do and what you're capable of. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

#biggest #capable #comes #know #pressure

I have always run as hard as I can. You are not going to run any harder with or without men. You are running on your own two feet. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

#any #feet #going #hard #harder

There have been major disagreements within the European Union. ↗

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

#disagreements #european #european union #major #union