Quote by Salman Rushdie

Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit.

Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere soun

Summary

This quote suggests that as names become common and familiar to us, we no longer think about or consider their origins or meanings. The etymology of names becomes forgotten or ignored as they simply become a part of everyday language. The quote compares this to the way in which many natural wonders on Earth, like magnificent landscapes, are overlooked and hidden beneath layers of familiarity and routine.

Topics

By Salman Rushdie

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

Albert Einstein

I think very much of the people, as an old friend said he th

I think very much of the people, as an old friend said he thought of woman. He said when he lost his first wife, who had been a great help to him in his business, he thought he was ruinedthat he could never find another to fill her place. At length, however, he married another, who he found did quite as well as the first, and that his opinion now was that any woman would do well who was well done by. So I think of the whole people of this nationthey will ever do well if well done by. We will try to do well by them in all parts of the country, North and South, with entire confidence that all will be well with all of us.

Abraham Lincoln

As more people rely on government programs, the harder it be

As more people rely on government programs, the harder it becomes to conduct the necessary reforms to preserve them to help our society's most vulnerable.

The moral issue here is whether the United States Congress i

The moral issue here is whether the United States Congress is going to stand in the way of science and preclude scientists from doing lifesaving research.

Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.

Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.

Chinese Proverb

I'm on the board of directors for Peace Now, which works tir

I'm on the board of directors for Peace Now, which works tirelessly between the Palestinians and the Israelis to create peace in the Middle East and we've never been closer.

For nothing is fixed, forever and forever and forever, it is

For nothing is fixed, forever and forever and forever, it is not fixed; the earth is always shifting, the light is always changing, the sea does not cease to grind down rock. Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have. The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.

The most important scientific revolutions all include, as th

The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance from one pedestal after another of previous convictions about our centrality in the cosmos.

Stephen Jay Gould

Science Revolution

I am happy as happiness goes, for a woman who has so many me

I am happy as happiness goes, for a woman who has so many memories and who lives the lonely life of an actress.

I would be willing, yes glad, to see a battle every day duri

I would be willing, yes glad, to see a battle every day during my life.

George Armstrong Custer

Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself

Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.

Clarence Darrow

When politicians and politically minded people pay too much

When politicians and politically minded people pay too much attention to literature, it is a bad sign -- a bad sign mostly for literature. But it is also a bad sign when they don't want to hear the word mentioned.