“Ram Mohan Roy would have been a greater reformer and Lokmanya Tilak a greater scholar if they had not to start with the handicap of having to think in English and transmit their thoughts chiefly in English.” IfsThinkingHas BeensLanguageGreaterScholarEnglish LanguageEnglishmenTransmitHandicapsReformersRams Book:Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi Source: Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi
“I am just not thinking of India's deliverance. It will come, but will it be worth if England and France fall, or if they come out victorious over Germany ruined and humbled?” IfsThinkingFallLanguageIndiaEnglandFranceGermanyRuinedEnglish LanguageEnglishmenDeliverance Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“One of the problems with watching TV is that you've got a fairly low level of language operating all the time. Quite a small vocabulary and really no conceptual or abstract thinking. That's an issue. If you've got a wide vocabulary, you can learn. The complexities of grammar, in themselves, force you to think about time in a particular way. Force you to widen your outlook on the world.” IfsThinkingWorldWayProblemLanguageForceLevelsIssuesParticularTvsLowsWideAbstractComplexityVocabularyOutlookGrammarWatching TvLow LevelAbstract Thinking Author:Jeanette Winterson
“In the mainstream film market, certainly in television, sex is handled fairly discreetly. I think the abuse of extraordinarily graphic violence and language presses much closer to the tolerance of public taste.” ThinkingFilmLanguageSexViolenceTelevisionTasteAbusePressesToleranceMainstreamGraphic Author:Charlton Heston
“I used to want to be a computer programmer when I was younger. We got an Apple II Plus when I was, like, 11 and I wrote programs and BASIC on that, like I think a lot of people did, but I have no idea how to program in the current languages at all.” PeopleThinkingWantIdeasUsedLanguageComputerProgramCurrentsNo IdeaApplesPlusProgrammersComputer Programmers Author:Chris Parnell
“And I found out about the wonderful world of sign language. I suddenly realized: If we as a society recognize Jewish culture, gay culture and Latino culture, we must recognize that this is a coherent culture, too. I think deafness is a disability for social constructionist reasons.” IfsThinkingWorldReasonCultureFoundLanguageSocialWonderfulGayDisabilityLatinoDeafnessSign LanguageWonderful WorldJewish CultureGay CultureLatino Culture Author:Andrew Solomon
“I think language is a system that we have devised to negotiate a series of more amorphous entities. It's a layer you can use to see where those things exist, but if you don't have anyone speaking anymore, those things are still there. The things that language stands for do not require humans, and in fact are often trampled down by humans.” IfsThinkingHumansStillsFactsUseLanguageSeriesLayersEntity Author:Blake Butler
“Language is so inherent to humanity, so necessary for even basic thinking, that stories and poetry are available to anyone who can process language.” ThinkingStoriesHumanityLanguageProcessAvailableInherent Author:Aleksandar Hemon