A schoolchild should be taught grammar—for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. — E. B. White Copy Share Image
Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
“Literature is the right use of language irrespective of the subject or reason of utterance.” — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
“When it comes to words Mamma says, "If they are not good, then maybe they should not be said.” — Annette Bridges Copy Share Image
When we're the victims of insulting language and attacks, it's obviously going to evoke a response. — Andrew Scheer Copy Share Image
Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but… — William Penn Copy Share Image
The New Oxford Dictionary has declared Sarah Palin's word 'refudiate' to be the 2010 Word of the Year. Palin was honored and… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
There is almost no evidence that diagnoses such as 'schizophrenia' and 'bipolar disorder' correspond to discrete entities ('natural kinds' in the language… — Richard Bentall Copy Share Image
Don't believe a word they're telling to you. They let me down, where will I find where I fit in, I hate… — A Day To Remember Copy Share Image
“For all symbols are fluxional; all language is vehicular and transitive, and is good, as ferries and houses are, for conveyance, not… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I need to get a greater vocabulary than what I have and when I get mad and my brain searches for a… — Duane Chapman Copy Share Image
Notes and chords have become my second language and, more often than not, that vocabulary expresses what I feel when language fails… — Slash Copy Share Image
You can say 'stop' or 'alto' or use any other word you think will work but I've found that a large bore… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
“What kind of understanding?" he murmured almost absently, his mind clearly on other, more provocative things. The trace of amusement in his… — Christine Feehan Copy Share Image
The young Steve Jobs had a hard time articulating something that didn't exist. He could see it, taste it, knew what it… — Joshua Michael Stern Copy Share Image
“It is to be hoped the time will come, thank God, in some circles it already has, when language is best used… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
So thirsty," Jack groaned. "So worried,"said the frog. I hope we don't starve to death." "Yes,"said Jill, "not starving to death would… — Adam Gidwitz Copy Share Image
Egnaro is a secret known to everyone but yourself. It is a country or a city to which you have never been;… — M. John Harrison Copy Share Image
What love is to man, music is to the arts and to mankind. Music is love itself - it is the purest,… — Carl Maria von Weber Copy Share Image
“A sphinx. A mystery. A blank. Unknown. Undefined. Unknowable. Indefinable. Those were all the words Brandy used to describe me in my… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Do you miss Wales?” Tessa inquired. Will shrugged lightly. “What’s to miss? Sheep and singing,” he said. “And the ridiculous language. Fe… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
