The obese is ... in a total delirium. For he is not only large, of a size opposed to normal morphology: he is larger than large. H...e no longer makes sense in some distinctive opposition, but in his excess, his redundancy.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Age. That period of life in which we compound for the vices that remain by reviling those we have no longer the vigor to commit.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We are all aware that speech, like chemistry, has a structure. There is a limited set of elements--vowels and consonants--and thes...e are combined to produce words which, in turn, compound into sentences.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
What an antithetical mind!--tenderness, roughness--delicacy, coarseness--sentiment, sensuality--soaring and grovelling, dirt and d...eity--all mixed up in that one compound of inspired clay!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Put God in your debt. Every stroke shall be repaid. The longer the payment is withholden, the better for you; for compound interes...t on compound interest is the rate and usage of this exchequer.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I ascribe a basic importance to the phenomenon of language.... To speak means to be in a position to use a certain syntax, to gras...p the morphology of this or that language, but it means above all to assume a culture, to support the weight of a civilization.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Give a scientist a problem and he will probably provide a solution; historians and sociologists, by contrast, can offer only opini...ons. Ask a dozen chemists the composition of an organic compound such as methane, and within a short time all twelve will have come up with the same solution of CH4. Ask, however, a dozen economists or sociologists to provide policies to reduce unemployment or the level of crime and twelve widely differing opinions are likely to be offered.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Work is a responsibility most adults assume, a burden at times, a complication, but also a challenge that, like children, requires... enormous energy and that holds the potential for qualitative, as well as quantitative, rewards. Isn't this the only constructive perspective for women who have no choice but to work? And isn't it a more healthy attitude for women writhing with guilt because they choose to compound the challenges of motherhood with work they enjoy?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »