I want to make people cry even when they don't understand my words.
Edith Piaf
In other words, knowledge of the external world begins with an immediate utilisation of things, whereas knowledge of self is stopped by this purely... →
Jean Piaget
Having a book censored means something. It means you have deeply offended one or more people who felt they needed to protect unsuspecting readers... →
Felice Picano
Praying without ceasing is not ritualized, nor are there even words. It is a constant state of awareness of oneness with God.
Peace Pilgrim
I work in a world of words - words that inspire, words that persuade and, increasingly, words that can send the message that it is acceptable to hate.
Chellie Pingree
I think the reason that swearing is both so offensive and so attractive is that it is a way to push people's emotional buttons, and especially... →
Steven Pinker
Semantics is about the relation of words to thoughts, but it also about the relation of words to other human concerns. Semantics is about the... →
Whenever you speak to someone, you are presuming the two of you have a certain degree of familiarity - which your words might alter. So every... →
It's likely that taboo words are stored in the right hemisphere of the brain. Massive left hemisphere strokes or the entire surgical removal of... →
Words let us say the things we want to say and also things we would be better off not having said. They let us know the things we need to know, and... →