#terminology

How is it possible to have a civil war? ↗

— George Carlin

#funny #humor #terminology #war #funny

There wasn't much technical terminology, and then, most academics are not trained in writing. And there is what is probably worse than ever before, the growing use of professional jargon. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

#before #ever #growing #jargon #most

Being used to scientific terminology and theory it was always natural for me to push this stuff into songs. ↗

— Peter Hammill

#being #being used #into #me #natural

The absurd consequences of neglecting structure but using the concept of order just the same are evident if one examines the present terminology of information theory. ↗

— Rudolf Arnheim

#concept #consequences #evident #examines #information

As you may recall, Truman was extremely unpopular when he finally left Washington in 1953, thanks largely to the Korean War. Today, however, he is thought to have been a solidly good president, a 'Near Great' even, in the terminology of those surveys of historians they do every now and then. ↗

— Thomas Frank

#even #every #extremely #finally #good

I hate the terminology of "costume" because my clothes are not costumes at all. I think they're high fashion, avant-garde, and more couture, definitely, and yes, some of my pieces are not particularly wearable, but I wouldn't say they're costumes, I'd say they're more couture. ↗

— Christian Siriano

#because #clothes #costume #costumes #definitely

You must learn to talk clearly. The jargon of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental garbage. ↗

— Martin H. Fischer

#garbage #jargon #learn #mental #must

We developed already, before the first servicing mission, this has been further developed on the second servicing mission and we refined it this time, all the terminology. ↗

— Claude Nicollier

#been #before #developed #first #further

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#inspirational #terminology #inspirational

What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one's nose, taking shortcuts. ↗

— Italo Calvino

#empirically #finding #following #genius #inspiration