Necessity resides in the way we talk about things, not in the things we talk about. — Willard Van Orman Quine
Different persons growing up in the same language are like different bushes — Willard Van Orman Quine
Students of the heavens are separable into astronomers and astrologers as readily — Willard Van Orman Quine
Linguistically, and hence conceptually, the things in sharpest focus are the things — Willard Van Orman Quine
Creatures inveterately wrong in their inductions have a pathetic but praise-worthy tendency — Willard Van Orman Quine
Life is what the least of us make the most of us feel the least of us make the most of. — Willard Van Orman Quine
The variables of quantification, ‘something,’ ‘nothing,’ ‘everything,’ range over — Willard Van Orman Quine
Physical objects are conceptually imported into the situation as convenient intermediaries not — Willard Van Orman Quine
The three main medieval points of view regarding universals are designated by — Willard Van Orman Quine
English general and singular terms, identity, quantification, and the whole bag of — Willard Van Orman Quine