Grammar Quotes · Page 5

Justice is the grammar of things. Mercy is the poetry of things.

— Frederick Buechner

people who understand grammar always have a keen sense of the ridiculous.

— Mary Jane Holmes

Saying, 'Shut up no one likes you!' when someone corrects you.

— Anonymous

Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them.

— Robert Graves

“Apparently, my hopes, dreams and aspirations were no match against my poor spelling, punctuation and grammar.”

— Red Red Rover

When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.

— Anonymous

“This is just the sort of nonsense up with which I will not put.”

— Winston S. Churchill

I really like grammar. And spelling. I was a spelling-bee kid. I'm hard-core about grammar.

— Emma Stone

In grammar school they taught me that a frog turning into a prince was a fairy tale. In the university they taught…

— Ron Carlson

“ Grammar, n. A system of pitfalls thoughtfully prepared for the feet of the self-made man, along the path by which he…

— Ambrose Bierce

Then suddenly, he was struck by a powerful but simple little truth, and it was this: that English grammar is governed by…

— Roald Dahl

Illiteracy at the poverty level (mainly a matter of bad grammar) does not alarm me nearly as much as the illiteracy of…

— Mary McCarthy

Cut in dressmaking is like grammar in language. A good design should be like a well made sentence and it should only…

— Charles James

What I wanted to do was slap him down a bit with wit and words. Grammar and vocabulary as a weapon. But…

— Charles Frazier

All the facts of nature are nouns of the intellect, and make the grammar of the eternal language. Every word has a…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“As a professional speaker and author, excellent grammar is crucial in my profession. Without the proper use of words and language, I…

— Susan C. Young

As a child, I lived with being punier than other boys in class. The only consolation was my parents' empathy - they…

— James D. Watson

People… they don’t write anymore – they blog. Instead of talking, they text, no punctuation, no grammar: LOL this and LMFAO that.…

— Anonymous

Conservatives have always embraced the idea of grammar schools - that giving a top tier education to bright children from working class…

— Dawn Foster

I'd like to say a few words about one of the most popular concepts in the modern education--show and tell. Show and…

— Robert Orben

Ever since my mother sent me to Saturday morning grammar classes when I was 7, I wanted to become a famous actor.…

— Jack Gleeson

One of the things I like about my job is that it draws on the entire person: not just your knowledge of…

— Mary Norris

I don't speak with proper grammar. I don't speak with dialogue attribution. I don't speak with quotation. I don't care about any…

— James Frey

The word "mathematics" is a Greek word and, by origin, it means "something that has been learned or understood," or perhaps "acquired…

— Salomon Bochner

“The English language is a work in progress. Have fun with it.”

— Jonathan Culver

In the grammar of the phallus -- the I, I, I -- [woman] can't utter female experience.

— Nancy Mairs

Grammatici certant et adhuc sub iudice lis est. - Grammarians dispute, and the case it still before the courts.

— Horace

I should be better with my grammar and set a better example for my kids. Just not sure that ain't gonna happen.

— Chris Harrison

Not to age myself, but I remember vividly 'Schoolhouse Rock!' and entrust my grammar to it.

— Dede Gardner

Be able to correctly pronounce the words you would like to speak and have excellent spoken grammar.

— Marilyn vos Savant

Someday's I wish I had a crappy education so your grammar wouldn't bother me so much.

— Anonymous

“A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish, by John Butt and Carmen Benjamin.”

— John Del Gaudio

Anarchy is as detestable in grammar as it is in society.

— Maurice Druon

Sometimes with 'The New Yorker,' they have grammar rules that just don't feel right in my mouth.

— David Sedaris

THEY'RE going THERE with THEIR friends. Seriously, it's not f*cking rocket science.

— Anonymous

I can't stand people that don't know the difference between 'your' and 'you're.' Their so stupid...

— Anonymous

Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school.

— William Shakespeare

People who start a sentence with personally ought to be thrown to the lions. It's a repulsive habit.

— Georgette Heyer

My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.

— A. A. Milne

Learning is the dictionary, but sense the grammar of science.

— Laurence Sterne