Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
George Lakoff
Born: May 24, 1941 (age 84)
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)