Quote of the day
The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain terrible.
George Lakoff
Born: May 24, 1941 (age 81)
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)