Ferdinand de Saussure Quotes

It is useful to the historian, among others, to be able to see the commonest forms of different phenomena, whether phonetic, morphological or other, and how language lives, carries on and changes over time.

Ferdinand de Saussure

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: educator
  • Nationality: swiss
  • Birth: November 26, 1857 - February 22, 1913

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Only 10 percent of people who go to art school will still be making art in 10 years. To some extent, you have to want to do it. It's hard. It is something you really have to stick with for it to work.

Jeffrey Brown

WorkArtSchoolPeopleYouWant

I appreciate my music is famous, but I'd rather my face wasn't so that I can just live a normal life.

Sia

LifeLiveMusicFaceAppreciate

I did extensive, extensive recordings and made a classical CD-ROM set, which is still on the market. For ten years, it was by itself as the cream of the crop of samples.

Miroslav Vitous

Ten YearsYearsMarketStillMade

Life's a hobby.

Joshua Lederberg

LifeHobby

I never want anyone to have a bad evening because I caused it.

Doug Morris

EveningBadWantNeverBecause

I certainly hope I'm not still answering child-star questions by the time I reach menopause.

Christina Ricci

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I absolutely love my job. I feel so privileged: I get to travel the world, I get to witness history... and I'm constantly inspired by the different amazing characters I meet along the way.

Clarissa Ward

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You are the sum total of the choices you make every day.

Brit Marling

DayChoicesYouEvery DayMakeSum

For me, songwriting is something I have to do ritually. I don't just wait for inspiration; I try to write a little bit every day.

Sean Lennon

DayMeWaitEvery DayTryWrite

I am not an intellectual. An intellectual is someone who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso, whereas I just say 'pass the mustard'.

Sebastian Horsley

I AmSomeoneLooksIntellectualSay

I'm an orthodox Christian. When people ask me if I'm a Christian, I always want to qualify and know what they mean by that. I'm not a Republican, and I'm not right wing. I'm not a dispensationalist. I don't think the world's about to end.

Scott Derrickson

PeopleMeWorldThinkEndChristian

I think the people who have really followed my career from the time I was seven years old can see my steady progress and see the type of person and athlete I am.

Marion Jones

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