S. I. Hayakawa Quotes (14 Quotes)


    So I will say it with relish. Give me a hamburger but hold the lawsuit.

    In the age of television, image becomes more important than substance.

    In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read.

    It is the individual who knows how little he knows about himself who stands a reasonable chance of finding out something about himself before he dies.

    The last thing a scientist would do is cling to a map because he inherited it from his grandfather, or because it was used by George Washington or Abraham Lincoln.


    How anybody dresses is indicative of his self-concept. If students are dirty and ragged, it indicates they are not interested in tidying up their intellects either.

    I'm going to speak my mind because I have nothing to lose.

    Ever since man began to till the soil and learned not to eat the seed grain but to plant it and wait for the harvest, the postponement of gratification has been the basis of a higher standard of living and civilization.

    If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your culture that you are a victim of it.

    It is not true that we only have one life to live if we can read, we can live as many lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

    You guys are both saying the same thing. The only reason you're arguing is because you're using different words.

    Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.

    In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

    It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.


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