KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

S. I. Hayakawa Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by S. I. Hayakawa

Showing 1-10 of 10 Quotes by S. I. Hayakawa

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.

~S. I. Hayakawa

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~S. I. Hayakawa

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~S. I. Hayakawa

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~S. I. Hayakawa

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~S. I. Hayakawa

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~S. I. Hayakawa

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~S. I. Hayakawa

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~S. I. Hayakawa

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~S. I. Hayakawa

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~S. I. Hayakawa

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: July 18th, 1906

Died: February 27th, 1992

Links

Find S. I. Hayakawa on Amazon

Related Authors

Hillary Clinton
Benjamin Franklin
Barry Goldwater
Alexander Hamilton
Patrick Henry
Hubert H. Humphrey
Robert Kennedy
Mitt Romney

Popular Authors

Susan B. Anthony Agatha Christie Ulysses S. Grant Victor Hugo George Orwell Blaise Pascal Theodore Roosevelt B. F. Skinner

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1793 - John Clare

1821 - Nathan Bedford Forrest

1863 - Margaret Murray

1889 - Stan Coveleski

1921 - Charles Scribner, Jr.

1927 - Simone Veil

1933 - David Storey

1934 - Wole Soyinka

1935 - Jack Kemp

1940 - Patrick Stewart

Birthdays on July 13th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Fear Learning Legal Mom Respect Smile Women Work