When I use a word, ’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less.’’ The question is, ’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’’ The question is, ’ said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master – that’s all. Lewis Carroll
Words are the clothes thoughts wear.
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Samuel Beckett
When a language dies, a way of understanding the world dies with it, a way of looking at the world.
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George Steiner
Philosophy, as we use the word, is a fight against the fascination which forms of expression exert upon us.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be named; what is clearest is unutterable.
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More Quotes By Lewis Carroll
Alice had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way.
It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.
It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.
Begin at the beginning, " the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
Have i gone mad?im afraid so, but let me tell you something, the best people usualy are.