The proper education of the young does not consist in stuffing their heads with a mass of words, sentences and ideas dragged… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Don't look back until you've written an entire draft, just begin each day from the last sentence you wrote the preceeding day.… — Will Self Copy Share Image
Gordon Edgley's sudden death came as a shock to everyone - not least himself. One moment he was in his study, seven… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
I usually do at least a dozen drafts and progressively make more-conscious decisions. Because I've always believed stories are closer to poems… — Ron Rash Copy Share Image
I was on my bus, and on my bus I have a yoga swing. Jennifes comes on, and she goes, ' Hi,… — Woody Harrelson Copy Share Image
The moment you know that this is the person with whom you want to spend the rest of your life, you should… — Kay Coles James Copy Share Image
All writing is a form of manipulation, of course, but you realize that a plain sentence can actually do so much. — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
A barbarian who could not write a sentence of grammar and hardly could spell his own name.... One of our tribe of… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
People say I talk slowly. I talk in a way sometimes called laconic. The phone rings, I answer, and people ask if… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
If I am asked what we are fighting for, I can reply in two sentences. In the first place, to fulfil a… — H. H. Asquith Copy Share Image
Teachers're always using that "in your own words." I hate that. Authors knit their sentences tight. It's their job. Why make us… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
I was condemned to be beheaded, or burnt, as the king pleased; and he was graciously pleased, from the great remains of… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share Image
Some president wishes to be re-elected, and thereupon speaks about the Bible as "the corner-stone of American Liberty." This sentence is a… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections;… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
It's kind of like sentencing. A lot of people say that we have a heavy sentence for this crime and a light… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Getting smart on crime' does not mean reducing sentences or punishments for crimes. — Kamala Harris Copy Share Image
People on probation and parole are typically denied the right to vote, and in eleven states people are denied the right to… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I suspected learning a language would be both useful and enjoyable (I love memorising lists of things), and would get rid of… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
I've learned a lot about language from reading slush. You can immediately tell if a writer is in control of the narrative.… — Mary J. Miller Copy Share Image
People have been kind enough to compare me to Celine Dion, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. I think it's amazing that they… — Leona Lewis Copy Share Image
A sentence has meaning in the sense that a train has a track, not that a train has a passenger. — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
