“The meaning of a question is the method of answering it: then what is the meaning of 'Do two men really mean the same by the word "white"?' Tell me how you are searching, and I will tell you what you are searching for.”

“tell me what you think it means.”

“Jack: What do you mean, you think? Can't you tell?”

“"What is the meaning of life?" This question has no answer except in the history of how it came to be asked. There is no answer because words have meaning, not life or persons or the universe itself. Our search for certainty rests in our attempts at understanding the history of all individual selves and all civilizations. Beyond that, there is only awe.”

“It all means more than I can tell you. So you must not judge what I know by what I find words for.”

“And she keeps saying, how can you do this to me?

And i want to scream, what do you mean, how can I do this to you? Aren't we confusing our pronouns here? The question, really, is How could I do this to myself?”

“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”

“If men are not supposed to tell women how women must behave, what right do women have to demand that men cater to their interest? Who are they to tell men that manhood means? Why should men accept their authority? What the Hell do women know about it what it means to be a man?”

“Inconceivable!"
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”

“You Keep Using the Word Help. I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means”