Quote by Claude LeviStrauss

There is one fact that can be established. The only phenomenon which, always and in all parts of the world, seems to be linked with the appearance of writing

There is one fact that can be established. The only phenomen

Summary

is the intensification of mental effort. -Jacques Derrida

Topics

By Claude LeviStrauss

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the bir

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear.

Thomas B. Macaulay

The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to

The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives.

Gertrude Jekyll

War is, at first, the hope that one will be better off; next

War is, at first, the hope that one will be better off; next, the expectation that the other fellow will be worse off; then, the satisfaction that he isn't any better off; and, finally, the surprise at everyone's being worse off.

Life every man holds dear but the dear man holds honor far m

Life every man holds dear but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

William Shakespeare

There's nothing like a love for our children. I love being a

There's nothing like a love for our children. I love being a papa, and that's the truth.

He who comes for the inheritance is often made to pay for th

He who comes for the inheritance is often made to pay for the funeral.

Yiddish Proverb

Eschew the monumental. Shun the Epic. All the guys who can p

Eschew the monumental. Shun the Epic. All the guys who can paint great big pictures can paint great small ones.

Ernest Hemingway

I'm cool with failing so long as I know that there are peopl

I'm cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than yo

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.

I love fools experiments. I am always making them.

I love fools experiments. I am always making them.

For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no suc

For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously.

George Robert Gissing

After 'Skins' I became mildly famous, which was a bit of a d

After 'Skins' I became mildly famous, which was a bit of a disaster.