Reagan's genius as a communicator lies in his use of ambiguity. ... Ambiguity is the mother of Teflon.

- Robin Lakoff

To write or speak is to communicate. To communicate is to share meanings, make them ‘common’ to all participants in the discourse. (The etymological …

- Robin Lakoff

Language uses us as much as we use language.

- Robin Lakoff

All language is political.

- Robin Lakoff

As children, women are encouraged to be "little ladies." Little ladies don't scream as vociferously as little boys, and they are chastised more sever…

- Robin Lakoff