English, Our Common Language, Binds

The Meanings Of Words Are Not In The Words, They Are In Us.

Animals Struggle With Each Other For Food Or For Leadership, But They Do Not, Like Human Beings, Struggle With Each Other For Thatthat Stands For Food Or Leadership: Such Things As Our Paper Symbols Of Wealth (money, Bonds, Titles), Badges Of Rank To Wear On Our Clothes, Or Low-number License Plates, Supposed By Some People To Stand For Social Precedence. For Animals The Relationship In Which One Thing Stands For Something Else Does Not Appear To Exist Except In Very Rudimentary Form.

The Traditional Educational Theory Is To The Effect That The Way To Bring Up Children Is To Keep Them Innocent (i.e., Believing In Biological, Political, And Socioeconomic Fairy Tales) As Long As Possible ... That Students Should Be Given The Best Possible Maps Of The Territories Of Experience In Order That They May Be Prepared For Life, Is Not As Popular As Might Be Assumed.

There Is Only One Thing Age Can Give You, And That Is Wisdom.

Republicans Are People Who, If You Were Drowning 50 Feet From Shore, Would Throw You A 25-foot Rope And Tell You To Swim The Other 25 Feet Because It Would Be Good For Your Character. Democrats Would Throw You A Hundred-foot Rope And Then Walk Away Looking For Other Good Deeds To Do.