Native Language Quotes
Black Hawk, John B. Patterson (1836). “Life of Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak, or Black Hawk: With an account of the late war”, p.97
Casey Miller, Kate Swift (2001). “The Handbook of Nonsexist Writing”, p.4, iUniverse
George Bernard Shaw (2016). “Pygmalion”, p.16, Xist Publishing
"Margaret Cho: I'm the One That I Want". TV Special, August 4, 2000.
We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language.
"Science and Linguistics" (1946)
Gary Vaynerchuk (2013). “Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy Social World”, p.22, Harper Collins
Willard Van Orman Quine, Roger F. Gibson (2004). “Quintessence: Basic Readings from the Philosophy of W.V. Quine”, p.93, Harvard University Press
John Milton (1748). “The Poetical Works of Mr. John Milton: Containing Paradise Lost, ... Paradise Regain'd, ... Samson Agonistes, ... And His Poems on Several Occasions. With a Tractate of Education. In Two Volumes”, p.58
Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoirs Corespondence and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson Late, President of the United States: Now First Published the Original Manuscripts”, p.347
I trade both with the living and the dead, for the enrichment of our native language.
John Dryden (1988). “The Works of John Dryden, Volume V: Poems, 1697”, p.336, Univ of California Press