S. I. Hayakawa Quotes

S. I. Hayakawa — American Politician born on July 18, 1906, died on February 27, 1992

Samuel Ichiye "S. I." Hayakawa was a Canadian-born American academic and politician of Japanese ancestry. He was an English professor, and served as president of San Francisco State University and then as United States Senator from California from 1977 to 1983... (wikipedia)

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

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.

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.

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

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 Quotes

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