A Quote by Michelene Wandor

The attacks on old words and the coining of new are the visible tip of the iceberg of change. — © Michelene Wandor
The attacks on old words and the coining of new are the visible tip of the iceberg of change.
Sound is ephemeral, fleeting, but some sort of a physical manifestation can help you hold on to it longer in time. I'm sure of this; I've always thought the sound that you make is just the tip of the iceberg, like the person that you see physically is just the tip of the iceberg as well.
In real life, when you have an emotional experience, it's never just because of the thing that's been said. There's the backstory. It's like [Ernest] Hemingway's iceberg theory - the current emotional moment is the tip of the iceberg and all of the past is the seven-eighths of the iceberg that's underwater.
A new language always reflects a new point of view, and the gradual unconscious popularization of new words, or of old words used in new ways, is a sure sign of a profound change in people's articulation of the world.
In New York, we tip everyone. We tip doormen, we tip cab drivers, and we tip bartenders at the bar. You'll get quite an evil eye if you don't leave a tip at the bar.
What's hurting the U.S. economy is total government spending. The deficit is an indicator that the government is spending so much money that it can't even get around to stealing all of the money that it wants to spend. But the tip of the iceberg is not what hit the Titanic - it was the 90 percent of the iceberg under water.
Private prison companies are now listed on the New York Stock exchange and are doing quite well in a time of economic recession (and depression in some communities). But that's just the tip of the iceberg.
The bestseller list is the tip of the iceberg.
What's in the movie compared to what we shot is the tip of the iceberg.
What I'm doing on stage now is just the tip of the iceberg.
Whats in the movie compared to what we shot is the tip of the iceberg.
What we do and accomplish is only the tip of the iceberg of what's possible for us.
What is powerful is when what you say is just the tip of the iceberg of what you know
Talking out loud to fictional characters is just the tip of the iceberg.
Police violence is the tip of the iceberg when it relates to the conditions overall of black people across the globe.
The digital and physical worlds are starting to come together more seamlessly - it's only the tip of the iceberg in terms of what's coming.
Releasing a record is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the promotion of the product, but you have to play the game if you are to have a chance of competing in the market place.
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