“Language doesn't belong to grammarians, linguists, wordsmiths, writers, or editors. It belongs to the people who use it. It goes where people want it to go, and, like a balky mule, you can't make it go where it doesn't want to go.” PeopleWantUseLanguageEditorsMulesLinguists Book:Unspinning the Spin: The Women's Media Center Guide to Fair and Accurate Language Source: Unspinning the Spin: The Women's Media Center Guide to Fair and Accurate Language
“Language both reflects and shapes society. Culture shapes language and then language shapes culture. Little wonder that the words we use to talk to each other, and about each other, are the most important words in our language: they tell us who I am, they tell us who you are, they tell us who 'they' are.” LittlesImportantUseCultureLanguageWonderShapesWho You AreWho I AmImportant Words Book:Unspinning the Spin: The Women's Media Center Guide to Fair and Accurate Language Source: Unspinning the Spin: The Women's Media Center Guide to Fair and Accurate Language
“Money is a mystery. Not only is our behavior with respect to money sometimes puzzling and erratic, but our feelings about money are often contradictory, illogical, deep-rooted, and scarcely known even to our most secret selves. We are getting better at handling money, but what it means to us, how we use it to express ourselves, and how it can help us become all that we are meant to be remain murky issues.” MeanSelfSometimesHelpingUseFeelingsMoneySecretKnownIssuesMysteryBehaviorGet BetterMeant To BeRootedContradictoryIllogicalPuzzlingErratic Author:Rosalie Maggio
“Money is a response. We use it to express our social values, our gratitude, our appreciation, our pleasure, our support. Money gives us the ability to respond (response-ability), and its empowering use often defines the truly responsible among us.” GivingUseValuesSocialAbilityPleasureSupportGratitudeResponsibleResponseAppreciationEmpoweringSocial Values Author:Rosalie Maggio