If words are doing their job, then their novelty will not be the most noticeable thing about them. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes job noticeable novelty
Ideally my goal is, before I die, to have some information about every word that's ever been used in print. Erin McKean diegoalideally Change image and share on social
What I'm interested in is how people are reading and writing English. Erin McKean englishinterestpeople Change image and share on social
Most of the words you know and love and use every day are not words you learned by looking them up in a dictionary and reading a definition. Erin McKean daydefinitiondictionary Change image and share on social
Indian films never show cows. When you go to India, the most noticeable thing is the cows. Everywhere you look, there's cows walking around! Just by introducing the idea of animals - livestock walking around - suddenly makes it more real. Gurinder Chadha animalcowfilm share on social
I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year. Jacqueline Novogratz bartendereconomicsinternational Change image and share on social
Nothing is more dangerous than a dogmatic worldview - nothing more constraining, more blinding to innovation, more destructive of openness to novelty. Stephen Jay Gould blindconstraindangerous Change image and share on social