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S. I. Hayakawa Quotes

S. I. Hayakawa quotes

American Politician July 18, 1906 – February 27, 1992

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It is not true we have only one life to love, if we can read, we can live as many lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish. S. I. Hayakawa
It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live us many more lives and as many kind of lives as we wish. S. I. Hayakawa
To perceive how language works, what pitfalls it conceals, what its possibilities are, is to comprehend a crucial aspect of the complicated business of living the life of a human being. S. I. Hayakawa
S. I. Hayakawa quote: "In a very real sense, people who have read good literature..."
In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. S. I. Hayakawa
Few people...have had much training in listening. The training of most oververbalized professional intellectuals is in the opposite direction. Living in a competitive culture, most of us are most of the time chiefly concerned with getting our own views across, and we tend to find other people's speeches a tedious interruption of the flow of our own ideas. S. I. Hayakawa
Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure. S. I. Hayakawa
S. I. Hayakawa quote: "In the age of television, image becomes more important than..."
In the age of television, image becomes more important than substance. S. I. Hayakawa
If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your culture that you are a victim of it. S. I. Hayakawa
S. I. Hayakawa quote: "You guys are both saying the same thing. The only reason..."
You guys are both saying the same thing. The only reason you're arguing is because you're using different words. S. I. Hayakawa
S. I. Hayakawa quote: "I'm going to speak my mind because I have nothing to lose."
I'm going to speak my mind because I have nothing to lose. S. I. Hayakawa
It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die. S. I. Hayakawa
S. I. Hayakawa quote: "So I will say it with relish. Give me a hamburger but hold the..."
So I will say it with relish. Give me a hamburger but hold the lawsuit. S. I. Hayakawa
S. I. Hayakawa quote: "Exactitude is the lowest form of pictorial gratification."
Exactitude is the lowest form of pictorial gratification. S. I. Hayakawa

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