The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.

E.M. Forster (Edward Morgan Forster)

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Topic

Influences Books Timing

Author

E.M. Forster (Edward Morgan Forster)

Source

A Book that Influenced Me

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Forster, E.M. "A Book that Influenced Me," Two Cheers for Democracy. Hogarth Press, 1951. Originally published in 1944, publisher unknown.

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We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native languages. The categories and types that we isolate from the world of phenomena we do not find there because they stare every observer in the face; on the contrary, the world is presented in a kaleidoscopic flux of impressions which has to be organized by our minds-and this means largely by the linguistic systems in our minds. We cut nature up, organize it into concepts, and ascribe significances as we do, largely because we are parties to an agreement that holds throughout our speech community and is codified in the patterns of our language.

Benjamin Lee Whorf

Science and Linguistics

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Topic
Language and thought Language

Author

Benjamin Lee Whorf
Source
Science and Linguistics MIT Technology Review
Medium
Essay Magazine
Genre
Scientific literature
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Whorf, Benjamin Lee. "Science and Linguistics." MIT Technology Review, Apr. 1940.

Another quote about Books

When you reread a classic you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before.

Clifton Fadiman

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Topic
Power of literature Books

Author

Clifton Fadiman
Language
English
Time
1957 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Fadiman, Clifton. Any Number Can Play. The World Publishing Company, 1957.

Another quote from 1944

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

George Bernard Shaw

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Topic
Redistribution of wealth

Author

George Bernard Shaw
Source
Everybody's Political What's What?
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1944 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. Everybody's Political What's What? Constable & Company/Dodd, Mead & Company, 1944, ch. 30.