Quotes by S. I. Hayakawa

About S. I. Hayakawa:

Samuel Ichiye "S. I." Hayakawa was a Canadian-born American academic and politician of Japanese ancestry. He was an English professor, and served as president of San Francisco State University and then as United States Senator from California from 1977 to 1983.

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In the age of television, image becomes more important than substance.

S. I. Hayakawa

It is not true that 'we have only one life to live'; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

S. I. Hayakawa

So I will say it with relish. Give me a hamburger but hold the lawsuit.

S. I. Hayakawa

I'm going to speak my mind because I have nothing to lose.

S. I. Hayakawa

You guys are both saying the same thing. The only reason you're arguing is because you're using different words.

S. I. Hayakawa

If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your culture that you are a victim of it.

S. I. Hayakawa

Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.

S. I. Hayakawa

It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.

S. I. Hayakawa

In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

S. I. Hayakawa

In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read.

S. I. Hayakawa

Author Bio

NameS. I. Hayakawa
DescriptionAmerican politician
AliasesS. I. Hayakawa
BornJuly 18, 1906
DiedFebruary 27, 1992
CountryUnited States Of America
ProfessionPolitician; Anthropologist; Linguist