J. L. Austin Quotes

Going back into the history of a word, very often into Latin, we come back pretty commonly to pictures or models of how things happen or are done.

J. L. Austin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: March 28, 1911 - February 8, 1960

Topics

HistoryBackThings HappenPictures

We journalists are never so idiotic as when we analyze things that we shouldn't be analyzing.

Joe Klein

NeverThingsAnalyzeAnalyzing

Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working with an actor who's just unbearable.

Jessica Lange

HellDoingYouKnowSometimesActor

If I wasn't an actress and I wasn't Stifler's mom, my life would be so dull.

Jennifer Coolidge

LifeMomMy LifeActressWouldDull

If something good happens to you, and no one knows it, did it really happen? Moreover, if you don't publicize your accomplishments and good fortune, are you essentially saying you don't care about them?

Meghan Daum

GoodSayingCareYouGood Fortune

In this administration, a place can be found for every bad man.

John Philpot Curran

ManBadPlaceBad ManFoundEvery

Scripture is the thing I like to share with people more than anything. My prayer reality is quite kooky. I have this very unique dialogue with the Lord. I utilize my own sort of street vocabulary - nothing slang that would be unacceptable.

Stephen Baldwin

PrayerPeopleRealityUniqueStreet

I just cash in on the fact that I'm good looking, and I've got a nice figure and girls like me.

Sid Vicious

GoodMeLookingNiceGood Looking

A social democratic party without deep roots in the working class movement would quickly fade into an unrepresentative intellectual sect.

Roy Jenkins

RootsDeepPartyIntellectualFade

Nothing is ever ideal. You have to work all the same.

Rumaan Alam

WorkYouNothingSameIdealEver

In Iraq during the days of Saddam, I had a government minder who followed me everywhere, reported on my activities.

Janine di Giovanni

GovernmentMeDaysActivitiesWho

The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice, in tempting and deceiving, in perjury and injustice.

Joseph Butler

TongueInjusticeViceServeMay

When there is nothing to fear is the time to begin fearing everything.

Jose Bergamin

FearTimeNothingEverythingBegin

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