“Madam Speaker, I have spent more than half my life as a member of the Resources Committee. In that time I have supported numerous wilderness designations. In fact, I cannot recall ever opposing a wilderness bill.” FactsHalfMembersResourcesBillsWildernessSpeakersRecallsCommitteesOpposingDesignation Author:Nick Rahall
“The teachings of Osho, in fact, encompass many religions, but he is not defined by any of them. He is an illuminating speaker on Zen, Taoism, Tibetan Buddhism, Christianity and ancient Greek philosophy... and also a prolific author.” PhilosophyFactsChristianityTeachingBuddhismAncientDefinedGreekTaoismSpeakersTibetanIlluminatingAncient GreekTibetan BuddhismGreek Philosophy Author:Nevill Drury
“In the performance of an illocutionary act in the literal utterance of a sentence, the speaker intends to produce a certain effect by means of getting the hearer to recognize his intention to produce that effect; and furthermore, if he is using the words literally, he intends this recognition to be achieved in virtue of the fact that the rules for using the expressions he utters associate the expression with the production of that effect.” IfsMeanFactsCertainVirtueEffectsProduceExpressionPerformancesIntentionProductionsSentencesRecognitionSpeakersAssociatesLiteralUtterance Author:John Searle