What the foul fiend is the meaning of all this?

The night is falling down around us. Meteors rain like fireworks, quick rips in the seam of the dark... Every second, another streak of…

— Jodi Picoult

I think President Barack Obama has been an extraordinarily successful president, and that this period will record that with a bunch of exclamation points.…

— Cass Sunstein

No parent can consistently teach faith in Christ who profanes the name of Deity. Profanity is never heard in the well-ordered home. Swearing is…

— David O. McKay

Do we want blanks, asterisks and exclamation marks which people can fill in with their own imaginations, or are we prepared and strong enough…

— John Mortimer

And all those exclamation marks, you notice? Five? A sure sign of someone who wears his underpants on his head.

— Terry Pratchett

Charlotte slammed the paper down onto her desk with an exclamation of rage. “Aloysius Starkweather is the most stubborn, hypocritical, obstinate, degenerate—” She broke…

— Cassandra Clare

I want to change my punctuation. I long for exclamation marks, but I'm drowning in ellipses.

— Isaac Marion

“Ellipses," according to Henry, are "fucking excellent." The exclamation mark is just a weird guy who talks too loudly.”

— Cath Crowley

Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind.

— Terry Pratchett

Numbersign questionmark you" and "Asterisk exclamation point the world.

— Daniel Handler

I love to accent movement. The eye goes to where the white is - you know, the glove. And the feet, if you're dancing,…

— Michael Jackson

How shall I ever tell Aunt Shaw?' she whispered, after some time of delicious silence. 'Let me speak to her.' 'Oh, no! I owe…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

“(I know, multiple exclamation marks are the sign of a deranged mind, but I’ve reached the age where I no longer care.)”

— Clive Maxfield

“I like you, period." "I like you, exclamation point.”

— Olivia Cunning

20 or 30 exclamation points can go a long way to making the tone of your email excited and cheerful.

— Sarah Cooper