3 Willard van Orman Quine Quotes on Language

Willard van Orman Quine quotes on language

5. The word 'definition' has come to have a dangerously reassuring sound, owing no doubt to its frequent occurrence in logical and mathematical writings.'

8. 'Yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation' yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation.

9. We cannot stem linguistic change, but we can drag our feet. If each of us were to defy Alexander Pope and be the last to lay the old aside, it might not be a better world, but it would be a lovelier language.