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A standard international language should not only be simple, regular, and logical, but also rich and creative.


Edward Sapir

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DORIS JANZEN LONGACRE A religious minded guy not only makes you comfortable in the environment, but also makes it easy to ...
ORNOB I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES By the way, I love you.”
“That’s why we're here.
STEPHENIE MEYER English, once accepted as an international language, is no more secure than French has proved to be ...
EDWARD SAPIR The language of law should be simple and straight, if you expect people to obey it.
AMIT KALANTRI Writing with other people is also beneficial, not only on the creative aspect, but also that they ha...
BARRY MANN The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collect...
VLADIMIR LENIN The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collect...
VLADIMIR LENIN The international community should interfere here. Not only to put pressure on the Palestinian Autho...
BASSEM EID Men used to want to be both rich and great, now most only want to be rich and men that only pursue w...
CARL WHITE Seeking of the truth should be not only part of the Justice Department and part of our judicial syst...
JOHN ENSIGN The Security Council should not only explicitly reiterate that there can be no impunity for crimes u...
DR. WILLIAM F. SCHULZ The foundation of collectivism is simple: There should be no important economic differences among pe...
P. J. O'ROURKE My suggestion is that at each state the proper order of operation of the mind requires an overall gr...
DAVID BOHM We accelerated our capital spending in the fourth quarter, particularly in international and next-ge...
BERNARD EBBERS Pakistan is rich in sporting talent, but the only thing needed is to have sincere and honest adminis...
JAHANGIR KHAN Protectionism has to be avoided. Protectionism is not only on goods but also in the area of services...
MANMOHAN SINGH We should not only master questions,but also act upon them,and act definitely.
WOODROW WILSON Not only the entire ability to think rests on language... but language is also the crux of the misun...
JOHANN GEORG HAMANN The Army has carried the American ... ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit dis...
TOM LEHRER The Army has carried the American ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrim...
TOM LEHRER Not only is it harder to be a man, it is also harder to become one.
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON Life should not be estimated exclusively by the standard of dollars and cents.
CHARLES GOODYEAR We can fight over what the taxation levels should be, but the tax system should be very, very simple...
ADAM DAVIDSON Theories should be as simple as possible, but not simpler.
ALBERT EINSTEIN My story. I inherited it.”
“I think I’d rather inherit money than a story.”
“I h...
TIFFANY REISZ P7- citizens have learned to think rich and live poor.
IVAN ILLICH We just combined very rich materials also throughout the collection, like brocades, damask, but we u...
STEFANO GUERRIERO It has always been important to me to be a creative artist, not to be a star, not to be rich, not to...
DONNA MCKECHNIE Fluttershyes are like regular shyes, only shinier, and, apparently - also shyer. Whenever petted - t...
WILL ADVISE Top creative and innovative talent wants to live in a vibrant, transit-friendly, global city that of...
AILEEN LEE Life's Irony;It is not only the poor that needs gifts,the rich also love to be gifted.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) If language had been the creation not of poetry but of logic, we should only have one.
FRIEDRICH HEBBEL If language had been the creation not of poetry but of logic, we should only have one
HEBBEL During the course of my research, I had had occasion to examine not only simple compounds, salts and...
MARIE CURIE Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
ALBERT EINSTEIN Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.
ALBERT EINSTEIN Music is a language - and language, at its finest, should be music.
T.L. RESE Urdu can not die out because it has very strong roots in Persia. The language itself is not only jus...
ISMAIL MERCHANT I'm just a regular person who believes life is simple, and I like a simple life.
MANNY PACQUIAO A regular PC uses between 100 and 200 watts and a standard notebook uses 40 to 50 watts.
MARK SUMMER Art should not be bound by barriers or language. The Hindi film industry is a testament to that. We ...
PRIYANKA CHOPRA Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler.
ALBERT EINSTEIN Your father is the only God. You can also become god but you must follow a simple rule and let that ...
SANTOSH KALWAR This simple action by the president and his family helps send a message to the rest of America that ...
ROGER CARAS Language should be an ever developing procedure and not an isolated occurrence.
ROBERT SMITHSON I don't hate language. I have my own language, but I also enjoy the English language. Obviously,...
TWYLA THARP All logical arguments can be defeated by the simple refusal to reason logically
STEVEN WEINBERG Language signifies when instead of copying thought it lets itself be taken apart and put together ag...
MAURICE MERLEAU-PONTY Anyone who celebrates a regional accent as anything other than quaint fails to see that anywhere in ...
LLOYD HOBBARD-MITCHELL Now the point of comedy is not just looking funny, it's use of language. We have at our disposal...
BARRY HUMPHRIES Justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done
GORDON HEWART Martinis are glamorous but also so simple because they only have a few ingredients, and you can real...
STEPHANIE SIGMAN The American representatives on these inspection operations should not be ousted, but probably they ...
YEVGENY PRIMAKOV The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world. -B. C. Forbes.
B. C. FORBES The sense of love should not like coffee, which only gives pleasure to the enjoy. But it must be lik...
ISRA Riches are not reserved for the rich alone,but it is also the right of the poor to also become rich.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) By 20, you should be smart. By 30, you should be strong. By 40, you should be rich. By 50, you shoul...
SANTOSH KALWAR The Constitution is no simple contract, not because it uses a certain amount of open-ended language,...
DAVID SOUTER Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler.
ALBERT EINSTEIN She [mama] an appreciation of the language. She taught me a love of words, of how they should be use...
LEWIS GRIZZARD The language of judicial decision is mainly the language of logic. And the logical method and form f...
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR. How comes it to pass, if they be only moved by chance and accident, that such regular mutations and...
J. SMITH ("JOHN SMITH OF CAMBRIDGE") Not only does it help us understand what our priorities should be, but also, how we're doing compare...
BILL HABERMEYER It can't be that simple. Rarely is constitutional language that open and shut.
A.E. DICK HOWARD Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent it from changing too...
T. S. ELIOT Watching the international in Germany, the standard was good but not beyond some of the players we h...
ALAN PARDEW A person who is physically rich,but mentally poor is temporarily rich, but a person who is physicall...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Language is my whore, my mistress, my wife, my pen-friend, my check-out girl. Language is a complime...
STEPHEN FRY Political and social events must also be effective, but not in a very obvious fashion. But political...
JOHN DESMOND BERNAL I really enjoy doing films, but I also love television. I certainly would not be against doing some ...
SAMM LEVINE True love does not only encompass the things that make you feel good, it also holds you to a standar...
MONICA JOHNSON I sometimes make pictures which are not up to my standard, but then it can only be said of a mediocr...
ERNST LUBITSCH [Western companies] have invested billions of dollars, so of course they are interested in stability...
ISA GAMBAR She will not be simple and sweet.
She will not be what people tell her she should be.
E. LOCKHART Simple things should be simple, complex things should be possible.
ALAN KAY This life as a simple citizen and laborer has its benefits not only for the person himself but perha...
DAVID BEN-GURION Language, after all, is only the use of symbols, and Art also can only affect us through symbols.
GEORGE HENRY LEWES Your LinkedIn profile must be consistent with how you portray yourself elsewhere. Not only should yo...
MELANIE PINOLA The kitchen table is where we mark milestones, divulge dreams, bury hatchets, make deals, give thank...
DORIS CHRISTOPHER Laws and customs may be creative of vice; and should be therefore perpetually under process of obser...
HARRIET MARTINEAU Laws and customs may be creative of vice; and should be therefore perpetually under process of obser...
HARRIET MARTINEAU I would rather live a joyful simple life, doing what I love, than to be unhappy and rich.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA International incidents should not govern foreign policy, but foreign policy, incidents
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE Ag-Mart not only obeys the law, but sets a higher standard when it comes to worker and product safet...
LEO BOTTARY One must have common sense, nothing is permanent, nothing endures. I have come to the conclusion tha...
AGATHA CHRISTIE I'm baffled by the international standard of cricket
MICHAEL VAUGHAN Don't believe things just because it sounds logical. There might be 1000 logical explanations to an ...
JACKSON ZENG We must not only dream,but also act.Dream without action is like a bird without wings.To make dream ...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In...
NIKLAUS WIRTH [Among the cognoscenti, though, it is not just about elaborate new flavors.] I always consider the m...
JEFFREY STEINGARTEN Politicians should not get involved in the detail of clinical criteria and shouldn't be arguing ...
LEO VARADKAR My cat speaks sign language with her tail.
ROBERT A. M. STERN Image is an international language.
MARJANE SATRAPI I can't think of a more perfect opening night film than A Prairie Home Companion. Not only do you ha...
MATT DENTLER It's of a scale that hasn't been seen in Australia before and it's a scale of truly ... internationa...
ANDREW WALSH We have always believed that dairy products and meat products should be inspected before sale, and d...
ANDREW SMITH This vote should have been 100-0. But 78 senators applied the right standard in evaluating a judicia...
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EDWARD BLISHEN By night an atheist half believes in God.
EDWARD YOUNG You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for ones self-respect to be a punching bag.
EDWARD KOCH Utility is our national shibboleth: the savior of the American businessman is fact and his uterine h...
EDWARD DAHLBERG Our birth is nothing but our death begun.
EDWARD YOUNG If you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten your demise. Think po...
EDWARD RICKENBACKER