We are a categorically obsessed culture, where we have to compartmentalize everything in reference to another thing, like, 'What does it sound like? Does it sound like this?'
Children naturally believe without question and absorb knowledge at an incredible rate; since there is no other frame of reference; they believe their parental reality, true or false.
Culture exists and evolves to relegate to habit categories of interactions the constant conscious reference to which would make human interaction impossible.
When I go to China, people call me 'Uncle Mo' because they refer me as Yao Ming's uncle. I'm pleased to be his uncle as long as he listens to me!
It would be refreshing to have a politician try to defend guns without any reference to the Second Amendment, but on the merits of guns.
In general, I think people should be skeptical of the Internet as a reference tool because so much of what's on it is unreliable and costumed - a hall of mirrors.
Old reference books are like tree rings. Without them, there'd be no way to know what a tree had lived through.
The Writer: [referring to Chris] Although I hadn't seen him in more than ten years, I know I'll miss him forever.
It costs so much to promote something these days that almost always safety is the preferred option, reference back to things which have been successful in the past. Also, people are simply not given the time to develop and find themselves and their a...
Sister Aloysius Beauvier: [Angrily referring to cough drops] Candy! Sister James: Cough drops. Sister Aloysius Beauvier: Candy by another name!
Pink: All I'm saying is that if I ever start referring to these as the best years of my life - remind me to kill myself.
Billy Costigan: [referring to Costello] Do you want him to chop me up and feed me to the poor, huh, is that what you want?
Monco: [to Moprtimer, referring to the watch he took from Mortimer without his knowing] Very careless of you, old man.
[referring to a "half-man/half-woman" who has given Hercules an alluring look] Roscoe: I think she likes you - but he don't.
James Reston, Jr.: [Referring to Nixon] His most lasting legacy is that today any political wrongdoing is immediately given the suffix "-gate".
L. Ron Bumquist: A dope fiend refers to the reefer butt as a roach, because, it resembles a cockroach.
Leo: [referring to Jin] I sacrificed three years for you. How could you love him after only three days?
Marion Chambers: Don't you think it would be better if you referred to "it" as "him"? Dr. Sam Loomis: If you say so. Marion Chambers: Your compassion's overwhelming, doctor.
Sid: From now on, you'll have to refer to me as "Sid, Lord of the Flame." Manfred: Hey, Lord of the Flame, your tail's on fire.
Helen Caperelli: [Referring to CBS News] Our standards have to be higher than anyone else because we are the standard of everyone else.
Creasy: [referring to Pita's parents] They'll be back in a week. Pita: They can stay for two weeks. I don't care.
