Euphemism/evolution

Famous quotes containing the words euphemism and/or evolution:

““Women’s fashion” is a euphemism for fashion created by men for women.”
—Andrea Dworkin (b. 1946)

“Analyze theory-building how we will, we all must start in the middle. Our conceptual firsts are middle-sized, middle-distanced objects, and our introduction to them and to everything comes midway in the cultural evolution of the race.”
—Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)