Poetry is supposed to be musical. But people don't understand prose. They're so used to reading journalism - clunky, functional sentences that… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
I reiterate my proposal of creating life sentences for politicians who make deals with organized criminals. They deserve the maximum penalty because… — Josefina Vazquez Mota Copy Share Image
A sentence is made up of words, a statement is made in words.... Statements are made, words or sentences are used. — J. L. Austin Copy Share Image
You had better be a round peg in a square hole than a square peg in a square hole. The latter is… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
My father can not finish a sentence. When we were kids he would go, 'Girls the most important thing in life to… — Caroline Rhea Copy Share Image
The speaker does not feel the grammatical rules he is said to apply in composing sentences, and men spoke grammatically for thousands… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
I will call no being good who is not what I mean when I apply that epithet to my fellow creatures; and… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
He shook my hand and said goodbye with a sentence that might have been either good advice or a threat: "Take good… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
Writing on a computer makes saving what's been written too easy. Pretentious lead sentences are kept, not tossed. Instead of sitting surrounded… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
No doubt you are as alarmed as I by the tragic decline in America's language skills. If 10 people read the following… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
“Leave no "full stop" in between the sentences that make up your life story. If anything, let "commas" show that when you… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
It's about women. It's about power and it's about women and you just hate those two words in the same sentence, don't… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
The most striking aspect of linguistic competence is what we may call the 'creativity of language,' that is, the speaker's ability to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Stop in the middle of a sentence, leaving a rough edge for you to start from the nest day - that way,… — Cory Doctorow Copy Share Image
Remember to never split an infinitive. The passive voice should never be used. Do not put statements in the negative form. Proofread… — William Safire Copy Share Image
You could teach [George] Carlin in college. It's the construction of the word and the order of things and how they go.… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
The unit of the poet is the word, the unit of the prose writer is the sentence. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I have a process that I seem to always, to some degree, as a writer, adhere to, but I certainly have never… — John Irving Copy Share Image
The grammar of a language is simply the way it combines smaller elements (such as words) into larger elements (such as sentences). — Larry Trask Copy Share Image
When reviewers take the trouble to compliment a writer on her style, it is usually because she has made it easy for… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
I just don't know what makes a picture, really - the thing that makes it is something unique, as far as I… — Harry Callahan Copy Share Image
In one of his final acts in office, President Obama shortened the sentences of 209 prisoners, pardoned 64 individuals .The list included… — Amy Goodman Copy Share Image
A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it. — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
In Shakespeare one sentence begets the next naturally; the meaning is all inwoven. He goes on kindling like a meteor through the… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
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