“There were grammatical errors even in his silence.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec book Unkempt Thoughts
Nawet w jego milczeniu były błędy językowe.
Variant translation: Even in his silence were grammatical errors.
Unkempt Thoughts (1957)
“Nobody ever made a grammatical error in a non-literate society.”
— Marshall McLuhan, book The Gutenberg Galaxy
Source: The Gutenberg Galaxy (1962), p. 271
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“Non-literate societies cannot see films or photos without much training.”
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“There can be no greater error then in supposing that capital is increased by non-consumption.”
David Ricardo (1772–1823) British political economist, broker and politician
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“The principal tenet of Jainism is non-harming. Observant Jains will literally not harm a fly.”
Sam Harris (1967) American author, philosopher and neuroscientist
Q&A with Sam Harris (2005) http://www.samharris.org/press/Q&A-with-Sam-Harris.pdf <br class="br">2000s <br class="br">Context: The principal tenet of Jainism is non-harming. Observant Jains will literally not harm a fly. Fundamentalist Jainism and fundamentalist Islam do not have the same consequences, neither logically nor behaviorally.
Daniel J. Bernstein (1971) American mathematician, cryptologist and programmer
15 January 2005
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/sci.crypt/msg/49c4cd60d948032d
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On Photography (1977)
Woody Guthrie (1912–1967) American singer-songwriter and folk musician
The last line of this last stanza is also sometimes rendered "This land is made for you and me."
This Land Is Your Land (1940; 1944)
