Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
George Lakoff
Born: May 24, 1941 (age 83)
Bio: George P. Lakoff is an American cognitive linguist, best known for his thesis that lives of individuals are significantly influenced by the central metaphors they use to explain complex phenomena.
Known for:
- Don't think of an elephant (2004)
- Metaphors we live by (1980)
- Moral Politics (1996)
- The Political Mind (2008)
- Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things (1987)