I signed up for A.Word.A.Day and have enjoyed the small discoveries about words - their derivation, links, use etc and the quotes that this free daily email brings...
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Here are a few recent quotes which I've enjoyed...
"Language is an anonymous, collective and unconscious art; the result of the creativity of thousands of generations." -Edward Sapir, anthropologist, linguist (1884-1939)
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." -Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948)
"That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted." - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture
"The imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man." - Richard Feynman
"Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve." - Alan Perlis
"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about." - Einstein
"The power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous." - Gibbon
"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." -George Bernard Shaw, writer, Nobel laureate (1856-1950)
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