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Richard Mitchell Quotes: If you cannot be the master of your language, you must be its slave.
         

If you cannot be the master of your language, you must be its slave.


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Far from failing in its intended task, our educational system is in fact succeeding magnificently, because its aim is to keep the American people thoughtless enough to go on supporting the system.

Far from failing in its intended task, our educational system is in fact succeeding magnificently, because its aim is to keep the American people thoughtless enough to go on supporting the system.



You can shoot the tiger, or stay out of his way, but you cannot pronounce him a vegetarian.

You can shoot the tiger, or stay out of his way, but you cannot pronounce him a vegetarian.



People who cannot put strings of sentences together in good order cannot think. An educational system that does not teach the technology of writing is preventing thought.

People who cannot put strings of sentences together in good order cannot think. An educational system that does not teach the technology of writing is preventing thought.



Thought control, like birth control, is best undertaken as long as possible before the fact.

Thought control, like birth control, is best undertaken as long as possible before the fact.



Educationists are entertaining. We can always find a good laugh in their prose, with its special, ludicrous combination of ignorance and pretentiousness.

Educationists are entertaining. We can always find a good laugh in their prose, with its special, ludicrous combination of ignorance and pretentiousness.



If you cannot be the master of your language, you must be its slave. If you cannot examine your thoughts, you have no choice but to think them, however silly they may be.

If you cannot be the master of your language, you must be its slave. If you cannot examine your thoughts, you have no choice but to think them, however silly they may be.



His jargon conceals, from him, but not from us, the deep, empty hole in his mind. He uses technological language as a substitute for technique.

His jargon conceals, from him, but not from us, the deep, empty hole in his mind. He uses technological language as a substitute for technique.



There is no other way to judge the work of a mind except through its words.

There is no other way to judge the work of a mind except through its words.



Education, I am convinced, must be nothing more than this: The journey toward the limits of Reason, if any there be.

Education, I am convinced, must be nothing more than this: The journey toward the limits of Reason, if any there be.



An education that does not teach clear, coherent writing cannot provide our world with thoughtful adults; it gives us instead, at the best, clever children of all ages.

An education that does not teach clear, coherent writing cannot provide our world with thoughtful adults; it gives us instead, at the best, clever children of all ages.





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There will always be rough days and easy ones. Like a ship, we must sail through both.

There will always be rough days and easy ones. Like a ship, we must sail through both.




It is my conclusion that the human mind and body is essentially a single cell rechargeable battery that is charged from the atmospheric DC voltage and the Earth.

It is my conclusion that the human mind and body is essentially a single cell rechargeable battery that is charged from the atmospheric DC voltage and the Earth.



In order for someone to follow you, you must be true to heart and purpose. This is true in any relationship. Someone may follow you for awhile without it, but not a lifetime.

In order for someone to follow you, you must be true to heart and purpose. This is true in any relationship. Someone may follow you for awhile without it, but not a lifetime.




He was right that I was afraid. But I didn’t think I was afraid of the truth. I was afraid of believing something that would destroy me if it turned out to be a lie.

He was right that I was afraid. But I didn’t think I was afraid of the truth. I was afraid of believing something that would destroy me if it turned out to be a lie.



For higher-level execs with greater public visibility, social networks need to become as good at filtering as they are at connecting.

For higher-level execs with greater public visibility, social networks need to become as good at filtering as they are at connecting.



The only real failure is trying to second-guess the taste of an audience. Nothing comes out of that except a kind of inward humiliation.

The only real failure is trying to second-guess the taste of an audience. Nothing comes out of that except a kind of inward humiliation.



The differences you perceive between Humans-between groups of Humans-are the result of isolation and inbreeding, mutation, and adaptation to different Earth environments

The differences you perceive between Humans-between groups of Humans-are the result of isolation and inbreeding, mutation, and adaptation to different Earth environments



When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.

When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.




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