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> [Language doesn't belong to grammarians, linguists, wordsmiths, writers, or editors. It belongs to the people who use it. It goes where people want it to go, and, like a balky mule, you can't make it go where it doesn't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosalie-maggio/language-doesn-t-belong-to-grammarians-linguists-wordsmiths-writers/)

[Rosalie Maggio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosalie-maggio/)

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## More by Rosalie Maggio

> [Money is a response. We use it to express our social values, our gratitude, our appreciation, our pleasure, our support. Money gives us the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosalie-maggio/money-is-a-response-we-use-it-to-express-our-social-values-our/)

[Rosalie Maggio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosalie-maggio/)

> [Language doesn't belong to grammarians, linguists, wordsmiths, writers, or editors. It belongs to the people who use it. It goes where people want it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosalie-maggio/language-doesn-t-belong-to-grammarians-linguists-wordsmiths-writers/)

[Rosalie Maggio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosalie-maggio/)

> [Language both reflects and shapes society. Culture shapes language and then language shapes culture. Little wonder that the words we use to talk to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosalie-maggio/language-both-reflects-and-shapes-society-culture-shapes-language-and/)

[Rosalie Maggio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosalie-maggio/)

> [Warped with satisfactions and terrors, woofed with too many ambiguities and too few certainties, life can be lived best not when we have the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosalie-maggio/warped-with-satisfactions-and-terrors-woofed-with-too-many/)

[Rosalie Maggio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosalie-maggio/)

> [Money is always on its way somewhere; we are only a way station. What we do with it while it's in our keeping will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosalie-maggio/money-is-always-on-its-way-somewhere-we-are-only-a-way-station-what/)

[Rosalie Maggio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosalie-maggio/)

> [We can go for days, weeks, and even months without saying or thinking the word 'education.' And yet, day in and day out, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosalie-maggio/we-can-go-for-days-weeks-and-even-months-without-saying-or-thinking/)

[Rosalie Maggio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosalie-maggio/)

> [Life seems somehow less shocking, painful, and lonely - and more hopeful, agreeable, and beautiful - when our experiences are confirmed by those of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosalie-maggio/life-seems-somehow-less-shocking-painful-and-lonely-and-more-hopeful/)

[Rosalie Maggio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosalie-maggio/)

> [There are complaints that it's hard to remember what you can say and what you can't, which words are 'in' for certain groups and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosalie-maggio/there-are-complaints-that-it-s-hard-to-remember-what-you-can-say-and/)

[Rosalie Maggio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosalie-maggio/)

> [Cutting edges are always a little rough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosalie-maggio/cutting-edges-are-always-a-little-rough/)

[Rosalie Maggio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosalie-maggio/)

> [Although an impressive amount of business and social interaction takes place over the telephone and fax, by e-mail, or in person today, the well-written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosalie-maggio/although-an-impressive-amount-of-business-and-social-interaction/)

[Rosalie Maggio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosalie-maggio/)

> [Absolute freedom doesn't exist and never did. Just as we don't spit on the floor at work, swear at customers, or send out letters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosalie-maggio/absolute-freedom-doesn-t-exist-and-never-did-just-as-we-don-t-spit-on/)

[Rosalie Maggio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosalie-maggio/)

> [Eliminate irrelevant and inaccurate comunications about what it means to be male or female, black or white, young or old, rich or poor, disabled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosalie-maggio/eliminate-irrelevant-and-inaccurate-comunications-about-what-it-means/)

[Rosalie Maggio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosalie-maggio/)

> [Money is a mystery. Not only is our behavior with respect to money sometimes puzzling and erratic, but our feelings about money are often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosalie-maggio/money-is-a-mystery-not-only-is-our-behavior-with-respect-to-money/)

[Rosalie Maggio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosalie-maggio/)

> [if there's one thing consistent about language it is that it is constantly changing. The only languages that do not change are those whose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosalie-maggio/if-there-s-one-thing-consistent-about-language-it-is-that-it-is/)

[Rosalie Maggio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosalie-maggio/)

> [Although we have not assigned God a sexual orientation, a height, or eye color, we have thought nothing of assigning a gender and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosalie-maggio/although-we-have-not-assigned-god-a-sexual-orientation-a-height-or/)

[Rosalie Maggio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosalie-maggio/)

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