“The words which we use in our everyday speech are nothing other than watered-down magic.” — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
I don't particularly care about having [my characters] talk realistically, that doesn't mean very much to me. Actually, a lot of people… — Louis Auchincloss Copy Share Image
Like Pinter and Orton, the writer, Clive Exton, catches the poetry of modern everyday speech, which, whether we like it or not,… — Sheila Hancock Copy Share Image
Many words and expressions which only a matter of decades ago were considered so distastefully explicit that, were they merely to be… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Philosophy is an odd thing. When we use the word in everyday speech, you know, you sometimes hear it hilariously. — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
We've become so used to the concept as a measuring and sorting tool, that it and its correlates - below-average, above-average -… — L. Todd Rose Copy Share Image
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