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title: "2 Punctuation Quotes By John Humphrys"
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> [If the semicolon is one of the neglected children in the family of punctuation marks these days, told to stay in its room and entertain itself, because mummy and daddy are busy, the apostrophe is the abused victim.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/if-the-semicolon-is-one-of-the-neglected-children-in-the-family-of/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

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> [It is the relentless onward march of the texters, the SMS (Short Message Service) vandals who are doing to our language what Genghis Khan did to his neighbours 800 years ago. They are destroying it: pillaging our punctuation; savaging our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/it-is-the-relentless-onward-march-of-the-texters-the-sms-short/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

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## Other authors on Punctuation

## More by John Humphrys

> [Think about how much skateboarding opens your eyes to see the world differently.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/think-about-how-much-skateboarding-opens-your-eyes-to-see-the-world/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

> [“once computers gain good language understanding and we can speak to them, then reading and writing are going to seem cumbersome’.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/once-computers-gain-good-language-understanding-and-we-can-speak-to/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

> [“Incidentally, it seems that ‘apartment’ has finally taken over from ‘flat’; I fancy they’ll soon have ‘closets’ rather than wardrobes. Anyway,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/incidentally-it-seems-that-apartment-has-finally-taken-over-from-flat/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

> [The good television of today is probably better than the best television of the old days. The bad television of today is worse. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/the-good-television-of-today-is-probably-better-than-the-best/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

> [“The more clearly we are able to express ourselves, the less room there is for ambiguity. The more elaborate and the more precise our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/the-more-clearly-we-are-able-to-express-ourselves-the-less-room-there/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

> [It is largely on television and radio that real probing of what politicians are up to has to happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/it-is-largely-on-television-and-radio-that-real-probing-of-what/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

> [ It is no good saying we \[journalists\] must report only what is true because what is true cannot always be proven. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/it-is-no-good-saying-we-journalists-must-report-only-what-is-true/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

> [“what the pictures cannot do is express the complexity that might help us understand why these terrible things are happening. Only words can do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/what-the-pictures-cannot-do-is-express-the-complexity-that-might-help/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

> [“We stopped being perfect around the time when Eve picked the apple and started coming on to Adam. That”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/we-stopped-being-perfect-around-the-time-when-eve-picked-the-apple/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

> [“Language so remote from the way we speak in the real world prompts the question: what’s behind all that, then? Gushing vacuity addressed”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/language-so-remote-from-the-way-we-speak-in-the-real-world-prompts/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

> [If the semicolon is one of the neglected children in the family of punctuation marks these days, told to stay in its room and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/if-the-semicolon-is-one-of-the-neglected-children-in-the-family-of/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

> [“The measure of human success is no longer the life well lived but the lifestyle well lived.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/the-measure-of-human-success-is-no-longer-the-life-well-lived-but-the/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

> [“Funny how one little word can mean ‘full of or disposed to joy and mirth’, ‘homosexual’ and ‘rubbish’. It just shows that context is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/funny-how-one-little-word-can-mean-full-of-or-disposed-to-joy-and/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

> [“Samuel Johnson said, ‘It is happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/samuel-johnson-said-it-is-happier-to-be-sometimes-cheated-than-not-to/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

> [It is the relentless onward march of the texters, the SMS (Short Message Service) vandals who are doing to our language what Genghis Khan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/it-is-the-relentless-onward-march-of-the-texters-the-sms-short/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

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