…the analogy between the noises we make when these noises do not symbolize anything which exists, and the worthless checks we write when our bank balance is zero…. -Alfred Korzybski

 

…the analogy between the noises we make when these noises do not symbolize anything which exists, and the worthless checks we write when our bank balance is zero….


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This quote is just one of 10 total Alfred Korzybski quotes in our collection. Alfred Korzybski is known for saying '…the analogy between the noises we make when these noises do not symbolize anything which exists, and the worthless checks we write when our bank balance is zero….' as well as some of the following quotes.

It is now no mystery that some quite influential 'philosophers' were 'mentally' ill.

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God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't.

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There are two ways to slice easily thorugh life; to believe everythingor to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking. -Alfred Korzybski
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The map is not the territory.

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…the analogy between the noises we make when these noises do not symbolize anything which exists, and the worthless checks we write when our bank balance is zero….

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Any proposition containing the word 'is' creates a linguistical structural confusion which will eventually give birth to serious fallacies. -Alfred Korzybski
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If the map shows a different structure from the territory represented - for instance, shows the cities in a wrong order. . . . then the map is worse than useless, as it misinforms and leads astray.

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