“The objective level is not words, and cannot be reached by words alone. We must point our finger and be silent, or we will never reach this level.”
Source: Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics
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Alfred Korzybski15
Polish scientist and philosopher 1879–1950Related quotes
“If it's we who choose
I'll reach another level
To be that one who never lost a day.”
Pete Yorn (1974) American musician
Man In Uniform
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Najib Razak (1953) Malaysian politician
Upon assuming office as the sixth prime minister of Malaysia. <br class="br"> Quotable quotes from Najib, NST, 11 Jul 2009 http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/6kon/Article/index_html,
“Whatever level you reach, getting better, never stops.”
Sachin Tendulkar (1973) A former Indian cricketer from India and one of the greatest cricketers ever seen in the world
Go out there and outdo your achievements. Getting better never stops. http://www.storypick.com/quotes-by-tendulkar/
Tommy Douglas (1904–1986) Scottish-born Canadian politician
Address, Provincial Convention, July 16, 1952.
“However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.”
Quentin Crisp (1908–1999) writer, Actor
Simone Weil (1909–1943) French philosopher, Christian mystic, and social activist
Waiting on God (1950), Reflections on the Right Use of School Studies with a View to the Love of God
Antonin Artaud (1896–1948) French-Occitanian poet, playwright, actor and theatre director
Preface: The Theater and Culture
The Theatre and Its Double (1938, translated 1958)
“We've long ago reached that level.”
Noam Chomsky (1928) american linguist, philosopher and activist
letter to Alexander Cockburn (1 March 1990), later paraphrased in Deterring Democracy (1992) p. 345.
Quotes 1990s, 1990-1994
Context: The sign of a truly totalitarian culture is that important truths simply lack cognitive meaning and are interpretable only at the level of "Fuck You", so they can then elicit a perfectly predictable torrent of abuse in response. We've long ago reached that level.
