Ferdinand de Saussure Quotes

Whitney wanted to eradicate the idea that in the case of a language we are dealing with a natural faculty; in fact, social institutions stand opposed to natural institutions.

Ferdinand de Saussure

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I have sometimes thought the power of computers had exceeded our ability to use them, but Mr. Jobs and his team kept giving us devices that made indispensable things easier in ways you never thought of.

Andrew Rosenthal

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If you want to be the best, you've got the beat the best, and the best is 'Blessed,' baby.

Max Holloway

BestBabyBlessedYouWantBeat

I'm also very proud to be a part of a trilogy of films that, if they do nothing else, allow people to check their problems at the door, sit down and have a good time.

Michael J. Fox

GoodTimePeopleDoorProudDown

I would have to say that my very first encounter with the arts was when my mother bought me my first record player when I was six years old as well as a Karen Carpenter record.

Sondra Radvanovsky

MotherMeSayOldFirstYears

At its core, 90 percent of my job is still sitting down in a room full of people, and breaking stories... and that requires virtually no technology.

Steven Levitan

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I am a huge Pistons fan. Those were some of my best times in college, watching the Detroit Pistons.

Steven Yeun

BestI AmCollegeDetroitWatching

My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.

Michael Phelps

WaterMeSafetyMomFeelSisters

If your mother did not know how to love herself, or your father did not know how to love himself, then it would be impossible for them to teach you to love yourself. They were doing the best they could with what they had been taught as children.

Louise L. Hay

LoveFatherMotherChildrenBest

We need Congress to do more than just engage in partisan games.

Jason Kander

CongressGamesMoreNeedEngage

Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold.

Joseph Chilton Pearce

SportsIntelligencePlayWayOnly

America may be the best country in the world, but that's kind of like being the valedictorian of summer school.

Dennis Miller

BestSchoolWorldAmericaCountry

We are starting off with our own different characters and our own laws and everything, looking at Bruce Wayne and how he came to be the person that he was and how he comes to be this man that jumps around in the Bat suit.

Christian Bale

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