Kenneth L. Pike

Without a possibility of change in meanings human communication could not perform its present functions.

When I conform to truth, I do not conform to an abstract principle; I conform to the nature of God.

If the scholar feels that he must know everything about any topic, he is in trouble - and will not publish with a clear conscience.

I don't like to get in front of people.

Money grants you freedom, I guess.

Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan.