Structure Requires Energy

Famous quotes containing the words structure, requires and/or energy:

    “There is no such thing as a language, not if a language is anything like what many philosophers and linguists have supposed. There is therefore no such thing to be learned, mastered, or born with. We must give up the idea of a clearly defined shared structure which language-users acquire and then apply to cases.”
    —Donald Davidson (b. 1917)

    ““Of course we all know that you are a gentleman.”
    “I am much obliged to you; but I do not know any word that requires a definition so much as that.””
    —Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)

    “Parents find many different ways to work their way through the assertiveness of their two-year-olds, but seeing that assertiveness as positive energy being directed toward growth as a competent individual may open up some new possibilities.”
    —Fred Rogers (20th century)