Edward Sapir Quotes

French and German illustrate the misleading character of apparent grammatical simplicity just as well.

Edward Sapir

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 26, 1884 - February 4, 1939

Topics

CharacterSimplicityWellJust

In India there are more poor people in three states... than there are in the whole of sub-Saharan Africa.

Andrew Mitchell

PeopleIndiaThreeAfricaPoorMore

I like to play football, read some books, study.

Andrew Luck

FootballPlayStudyBooksLikeSome

Colorado does not shut down. Colorado does not quit. Colorado does not break.

John Hickenlooper

DownColoradoQuitBreakShutDoes

No one ever tells us the truth, even those we love.

Anna Held

LoveTruthUsEvenThoseEver

It was a pretty wild ride. The race wasn't bad, but qualifying would take your breath.

Sterling Marlin

RideBadRaceWildBreathPretty

No, I don't want to exercise all the time. I still despise it, not at all.

Star Jones

TimeExerciseWantStillDespise

With popular rulers, the wife can become the guardian of their greatness: Peter the Great was succeeded by his wife, Catherine I. Sometimes the wives are an improvement.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

GreatImprovementWifeGreatnessHis

Everybody has many people inside of them. I think we tend to present the one we feel is most appropriate at first in order to gain acceptance or achieve what we want.

Rupert Friend

AcceptancePeopleThinkPresentFeel

Ultimately, the problem is that sex is perceived as a personal, intimate thing, not in the realm of science. But that's not true. It's physiology; it's anatomy. It deserves to be studied.

Mary Roach

ScienceProblemSexTruePersonal

I live in sin, to kill myself I live; no longer my life my own, but sin's; my good is given to me by heaven, my evil by myself, by my free will, of which I am deprived.

Michelangelo

LifeGoodLiveMyselfI AmEvil

I've worked very hard in this book to keep the lines of communication open. I don't want to turn someone away from this information for partisan political reasons.

Jared Diamond

CommunicationBookPoliticalSomeone

Ramesh Ponnuru and others say Obama is a conventional liberal. But conventional liberals don't come out for the release of the Lockerbie bomber. Conventional liberals don't return the bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office. Conventional liberals don't block oil drilling in America while subsidizing oil drilling in Brazil.

Dinesh D'Souza

AmericaSayOthersOilOfficeOut

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