Whorf (1940) "Science and linguistics" in: MIT Technology Review Vol 42. p. 229-31.
“We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language.”
Source: Language, thought and reality (1956), p. 213.
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Source: De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC), Book I, Chapter VI, Sec. 7-8
Context: Let the directions of your streets and alleys be laid down on the lines of division between the quarters of two winds. On this principle of arrangement the disagreeable force of the winds will be shut out from dwellings and lines of houses. For if the streets run full in the face of the winds, their constant blasts rushing in from the open country, and then confined by narrow alleys, will sweep through them with great violence. The lines of houses must therefore be directed away from the quarters from which the winds blow, so that as they come in they may strike against the angles of the blocks and their force thus be broken and dispersed.

As quoted in Radical Puritan, by Fowler, 51–52

On Coalition Government (1945)

“Somewhere along the line we seem to have confused comfort with happiness.”
Source: Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner

Source: Last words on " Death Tape http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/Tapes/Tapes/DeathTape/Q042fbi.html" FBI No. Q042 (18 November 1978)