Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Deborah Tannen
Born: June 7, 1945 (age 79)
Bio: Deborah Frances Tannen is an American academic and professor of linguistics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Known for:
- You Just Don't Understand (1990)
- That's Not What I Meant! (1987)
- Talking from 9 to 5 (1994)
- The argument culture (1998)