Danny Hieber

“When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.' 'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you CAN make words mean so many different things.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

“In places where body cameras for law enforcement have already been tried, complaints against officers have dropped dramatically—up to 80 percent in D.C. suburbs where the cameras are already the norm. When asked if the existence of a video record encouraged the police or the public to be on good behavior, Lanier answered candidly: “Both.”
― Anonymous

“It is possible, in principle, that language suddenly appeared fully formed during human evolution without any gradual or intermediate forms. That notion, a linguistic Big Bang, has been championed by linguists such as Noam Chomsky. But it is extremely improbable, biologically speaking, that such a complex characteristic as our capacity for speech just popped out of nowhere. It is more likely that language evolved in several stages in the same way, for instance, as our large brains did or our toolmaking ability.”
― Sverker Johansson, The Dawn of Language: Axes, lies, midwifery and how we came to talk

“What,” I said, “in your estimation, is the greatest good a man can do?” ‘The greatest good he can do is to cultivate himself, develop his powers, in order that he may be of greater use to humanity.”
― Orison Swett Marden, How They Succeeded: Life Stories of Successful Men and Women Told by Themselves