“For Rat Kiley, I think, facts were formed by sensation, not the other way around, and when you listened to one of his stories, you'd find yourself performing rapid calculations in your head, subtracting superlatives, figuring the square root of an absolute and then multiplying by maybe.” ThinkingWayFactsStoriesRootsAbsolutesPerformingFinding YourselfSensationsSquaresRatsRapidsCalculationsMultiplyingSuperlativesSquare Roots Book:The Things They Carried Source: The Things They Carried
“When I first started studying Greek, one of my absolute favorite parts was realizing that so many English words had these old, secret roots. Learning Greek was like being given a super-power: linguistic x-ray vision.” FirstsGivenRealizingSecretVisionStudyRootsAbsolutesGreekRaysSuper PowerEnglish Words Author:Madeline Miller
“We [tend to] have more faith in what we imitate than in what we originate. We [often feel that we] cannot derive a sense of absolute certitude from anything which has its root in us. The most poignant sense of insecurity comes from standing alone; we are not alone when we imitate.” PeopleKnowsStandingRootsAbsolutesInsecurityNot AlonePoignantStanding AloneCertitudeHearsay Author:Bruce Lee
“This the American black man knows: his fight here is a fight to the finish. Either he dies or wins. If he wins it will be by no subterfuge or evasion of amalgamation . He will enter modern civilization here in America as a black man on terms of perfect and unlimited equality with any white man, or he will enter not at all. Either extermination root and branch, or absolute equality. There can be no compromise. This is the last great battle of the west.” KnowsMenLastsAmericaDiesCultureFightingWinningBlackTermJusticeWhitePerfectModernCivilizationBattleDiversityRootsAbsolutesSocial JusticeWestCompromiseBranchesUnlimitedWhite ManExterminationModern CivilizationNo CompromiseGreat BattleRoots And Branches Author:W. E. B. Du Bois