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Kenneth L. Pike quotes: Nobody is as good as he thinks he is.

Nobody is as good as he thinks he is.

Kenneth L. Pike quotes: When I conform to truth, I do not conform to an abstract principle; I conform to the nature of God.

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

Kenneth L. Pike quotes: Without a possibility of change in meanings human communication could not perform its present functions.

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

Kenneth L. Pike quotes: The price that one pays for refusing to act on the truth as one sees it, is to be led to believe untruth to avoid guilt.

The price that one pays for refusing to act on the truth as one sees it, is to be led to believe untruth to avoid guilt.

Kenneth L. Pike quotes: Fruitful discourse in science or theology requires us to believe that within the contexts of normal discourse there are some true statements.

Fruitful discourse in science or theology requires us to believe that within the contexts of normal discourse there are some true statements.

Kenneth L. Pike quotes: If language did not affect behavior, it could have no meaning.

If language did not affect behavior, it could have no meaning.

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

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

Kenneth L. Pike quotes: Revelation and the nature of truth must be viewed in reference to the structure of language.

Revelation and the nature of truth must be viewed in reference to the structure of language.

Kenneth L. Pike quotes: Language is a tool adequate to provide any degree of precision relevant to a particular situation.

Language is a tool adequate to provide any degree of precision relevant to a particular situation.

Kenneth L. Pike quotes: The universe extends beyond the mind of man, and is more complex than the small sample one can study.

The universe extends beyond the mind of man, and is more complex than the small sample one can study.

Kenneth L. Pike quotes: God cannot be reduced to a sample for analysis.

God cannot be reduced to a sample for analysis.

Kenneth L. Pike quotes: If I were to adopt pure mechanism as a philosophy, there would be no way I could choose to be a scholar.

If I were to adopt pure mechanism as a philosophy, there would be no way I could choose to be a scholar.

Kenneth L. Pike quotes: There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake.

There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake.

Kenneth L. Pike quotes: I wanted a theory that would allow one to live outside the office with the same philosophy one uses inside it.

I wanted a theory that would allow one to live outside the office with the same philosophy one uses inside it.

Kenneth L. Pike quotes: The view of the local scene through the eyes of a native participant in that scene is a different window.

The view of the local scene through the eyes of a native participant in that scene is a different window.

Kenneth L. Pike quotes: Verbal and nonverbal activity is a unified whole, and theory and methodology should be organized or created to treat it as such.

Verbal and nonverbal activity is a unified whole, and theory and methodology should be organized or created to treat it as such.

Kenneth L. Pike quotes: It is also, I would guess, a universal that in all societies people value respectability granted to them.

It is also, I would guess, a universal that in all societies people value respectability granted to them.

Kenneth L. Pike quotes: The detached observer's view is one window on the world.

The detached observer's view is one window on the world.

Kenneth L. Pike quotes: Outward failure may be a manifested variant of inward success.

Outward failure may be a manifested variant of inward success.

Kenneth L. Pike quotes: Courage to continue comes from deeper sources than outward results.

Courage to continue comes from deeper sources than outward results.

Kenneth L. Pike quotes: Today's practicality is often no more than the accepted form of yesterday's theory.

Today's practicality is often no more than the accepted form of yesterday's theory.

Kenneth L. Pike quotes: Identity in the form of continuity of personality is an extremely important characteristic of the individual.

Identity in the form of continuity of personality is an extremely important characteristic of the individual.