78 Quotes About Semantics

A major gap between many of the denominations stems from how people define some of the most basic terms, such as 'religion' itself.

...and often Lisa thought bitterly of the ideas she had held on "college life" before coming to Denton, ideas and images culled from a hundred magazine stories and as many movies. Where were the convertibles, the secret bottles of liquor, the gay young men and their wild girl friends?

A statement can be truthful when it is said or written, but untruthful when it is heard or read.

Reading, seeing, and hearing happen way more often than understanding.

We live in a highly complex, technological world – and it's not entirely obvious what's right and what's wrong in any given situation, unless you can parse the situation, deconstruct it. People just don't have the insight to be able to do that very effectively.

Completely different impressions of someone can each be created by a selection of facts, or even a single fact, from the very same collection of facts about them.

Looking but not seeing is the hearing but not understanding of the eye.

Marriage converts a player into a polygamist.

Only in the mind is the mouth separate from the anus.