Austin, John Langshaw

"When I say I am using the word in a normal way I am not then saying something which is false whatever I may say."

"The world has always laughed at its own tragedies, that being the only way in which it has been able to bear them."

"How to do things with words."

"Knowledge is not a tool which can be shelved or unshelved at will."

"Our word is our bond."

"The total speech act in the total speech situation is the only actual phenomenon which, in the last resort, we are engaged in studying."

"Language is an instrument of communication."

"A philosophical argument is a kind of linguistic performance."

"We are imprisoned in language."

"Understanding a word means understanding a language."

"The boundaries of my language mean the boundaries of my world."

"To know a word is to know how to use it."

"What is said is not merely what is said, but how it is said."

"In the beginning was the word, but words are always spoken by someone."

"Language evolves as we use it, not before."

"The meaning of a word is its use in the language."

"We speak in order to live together."

"To command is to use language."

"Speech is an act, not merely sounds."

"Words are deeds."

"The philosopher's task is to show the fly the way out of the bottle."

"Misunderstanding need not always mean misheard."

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

"Language games are what we do with words."

"The explanation of a word ends when we have shown how it is used."

"Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language."

"Do not say that surely must be so, but look and see."

"The riddle does not exist."

"What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence."

"We have been bewitched by language."