It is once again the vexing problem of identity within variety; without a solution to this disturbing problem there can be no system, no classification.

Semantics, or the study of meaning, remained undeveloped, while phonetics made rapid progress and even came to occupy the central place in the scientific study of language.

Linguistic sounds, considered as external, physical phenomena have two aspects, the motor and the acoustic.

Every linguistic sign is located on two axes: the axis of simultaneity and that of succession.

Now the identification of individual sounds by phonetic observation is an artificial way of proceeding.

What's next? Shall we appoint elephants to teach zoology?

Languages differ essentially in what they must convey and not in what they may convey.

Bilingualism is for me the fundamental problem of linguistics.

The function of poetry is to point out that the sign is not identical to the referent.

When I speak it is in order to be heard.

A new era in the physiological investigation of linguistic sounds was opened up by X-ray photography.

I need another drink!” I said as a second attempt to change the subject. “Shots!” America yelled. Shepley rolled his eyes. “Oh, yeah. That’s what you need, another shot.

You should seriously get a job planning dates for The Bachelor.

Some infinites are longer than other infinites

So it's been a slow process and it's taken some patience. That's why patients are called patients I think - patience is required.

I've never wanted an Oscar, although they are reassuring to an actor who doesn't know how really great he is.

To eat is human, to digest, divine

There are accounts that, if we open our hearts to them, will cut us too deeply.

Dad was also a deeply, unabashedly religious man... , But he never made the fatal mistake of so many politicians - wearing his faith on his sleeve to gain political advantage.

Speak with the language of love.

News is also an acronym for what people need to know, what they should know and what they want to know. If it's in one of those categories then I will do the story.