People write or speak sentences in order to produce an effect, and the success of a sentence is measured by the degree… — Stanley Fish Copy Share Image
There are many who believe that 'Marriage is not a word - it is a sentence!' Whether you are indeed 'married' or… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
Every sentence, every phrase, every word has to fight for its life. — Crawford Kilian Copy Share Image
Words, sentences, ideas, no matter how subtle or ingenious, the maddest flights of poetry, the most profound dreams, the most hallucinating visions,… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
The mysterious thing about writing poetry is that when you're - when things are going poorly, when you're not thinking well, even… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
“The past is a life sentence, a blunt instrument aimed at tomorrow.” — Claudia Rankine Copy Share Image
All people make mistakes. All of us are sinners. All of us are criminals. All of us violate the law at some… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Don't ever take advice from anyone who starts a sentence with, 'You may not like me for this, but it's for your… — Lois Wyse Copy Share Image
A sentence is born into this world neither good nor bad, and that to establish its character is a question of the… — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
I finish the book so I can see how it's going to end. I write that first sentence, and if it's the… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal… — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
The past gives you no justice. Sentences are passed. But that doesn't mean you get justice. You can stand there forever and… — Michael Hainey Copy Share Image
One would think that [persecution] would be an obstacle to church growth when joining the church meant a death sentence. And yet,… — Gene Veith Copy Share Image
If you listen to the urban speech patterns in India you'll find it's quite characteristic that a sentence will begin in one… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
For many years, questions about the meaning of life were dismissed as senseless. We were told that life, not being a word… — David E. Cooper Copy Share Image
You can't not like 'The Great Gatsby.' It's got the best sentences in, like, ever. — John Green Copy Share Image
Let grammar, punctuation, and spelling into your life! Even the most energetic and wonderful mess has to be turned into sentences. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
A death sentence will be issued, a death sentence will be implemented. A life sentence will be issued, a life sentence will… — Mohammed Morsi Copy Share Image
Every writer is necessarily a critic - that is, each sentence is a skeleton accompanied by enormous activity of rejection; and each… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image