"My deepest debt in this book is to the General Semantics ('non-Aristotelian system') of Alfred Korzybski. I have also…"

"People who like to think of themselves as tough-minded and realistic, among them influential political leaders and bu…"

"Indeed, most of the time when we are listening to the noises people make or looking at the black marks on paper that …"

"A human being, then, is never dependent on his own experience alone for his information. Even in a primitive culture …"

"Language, that is to say, is the indispensable mechanism of human life -- of life such as ours that is molded, guided…"

"To be able to read and write, therefore, is to learn to profit by and take part in the greatest of human achievements…"

"We live in a highly competitive society, each of us trying to outdo the other in wealth, in popularity or social pres…"

"What such a philosophy overlooks is that, despite all the competition at the surface, there is a huge substratum of c…"

"From the moment [Mr. T.C. Mits -- The Celebrated Man In The Street, creation of Lillian Rosanoff Lieber] switches on …"

"The original version of this book, Language in Action, published in 1941, was in many respects a response to the dang…"