It is of no help to us that there is an absolute truth of the matter of things because unfortunately, none of us are in a position to say definitivel….

This is what language does: organize the world into manageable, and in some sense artificial, units that can then be inhabited and manipulated..

Freedom of speech is not an academic value. Accuracy of speech is an academic value; completeness of speech is an academic value; relevance of speech….

Just as you can practice three-word sentences or sentences that travel across time zones, so can you practice writing sentences that breathe unshakab….

Sentence writers are not copyists; they are selectors..

In general, higher education does not know how to speak for its interests. It offers a stance that is defensive, cowardly and likely to be ineffectiv….

We in universities are not in the democracy business. What we do, when we're doing it, is teach and learn..

Belief and knowledge are considered to be two different things. But they are not..

Any idea can be brought into the classroom if the point is to inquire into its structure, history, influence and so forth. But no idea belongs in the….

The first thing to ask when writing a sentence is 'What am I trying to do?'.

It may sound paradoxical, but verbal fluency is the product of many hours spent writing about nothing, just as musical fluency is the product of hour….

Language is not a handmaiden to perception; it is perception; it gives shape to what would otherwise be inert and dead..

Sentences can save us. Who could ask for anything more?.

The purpose of a good education is to show you that there are three sides to a two-sided story..

The idea - the core idea of humanism - is that the act of reading about great deeds will lead you to imitate them..

People write or speak sentences in order to produce an effect, and the success of a sentence is measured by the degree to which the desired effect ha….

The category of first sentence makes sense only if it is looking forward to the development of thematic concerns it perhaps only dimly foreshadows..

It is always incorrect to assume you can know what someone's moral convictions are based on their philosophical theories..

Opinion-sharing sessions are like junk food: they fill you up with starch and leave you feeling both sated and hungry. A sustained inquiry into the t….

No word floats without an anchoring connection within an overall structure..

I do not support abortion rights. Although what I would support in this vexed area is not clear to me..