That's the trouble with languages. They have to be learned.
No literature is sound, no philosophy of action workable, if it doesn't take a hard look at itself.
Science is not a sacred cow-but there are a large number of would-be sacred cowherds busily devoting quantities of time, energy and effort to the task of making it one, so they can be sacred cowherds.
Too darned good a machine can be a menace, not a help.
Editors never buy manuscripts that are left on the closet shelf at home.
It was the law that if a white man was caught trying to educate a Negro slave, he was liable to prosecution entailing a fine of fifty dollars and a jail sentence. . . Our ignorance was the greatest hold the South had on us. We knew we could run away, but what then?