“When there is official censorship it is a sign that speech is serious. Where there is none, it is pretty certain that the official spokesmen have all the loud-speakers.” CertainSeriousSpeechLoudOfficialsCensorshipSpeakers Author:Paul Goodman
“The important thing about travel in foreign lands is that it breaks the speech habits and makes you blab less, and breaks the habitual space-feeling because of different village plans and different landscapes. It is less important that there are different mores, for you counteract these with your own reaction-formations.” ImportantDifferentFeelingsSpaceBreakPlansSocietyLandHabitTravelSpeechImportant ThingsReactionsLandscapeVillageFormationTourismHabitualTravel And TourismForeign Lands Book:Five years Source: Five years
“For mankind, speech with a capital S is especially meaningful and committing, more than the content communicated. The outcry of the newborn and the sound of the bells are fraught with mystery more than the baby's woeful face or the venerable tower.” FacesSoundMysteryMankindBabyConversationSpeechMeaningfulBellsTowersNewborn Book:Five years Source: Five years
“The aim is not to give human beings real goals that warrant belief, and tasks to share in, but to re-establish "belonging," although this kind of speech and thought is precisely calculated to avoid contact and so makes belonging impossible.” GivingHumansKindRealBeliefGoalHuman BeingsImpossibleShareSpeechTasksAimContactBelongingBeing RealWarrants Book:Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized Society Source: Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized Society
