“I think fear neutralizes alcohol, weakens its anesthetic power. It's good for small fears; your boss, your wife, your bills, your dentist;… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
It's not just my music. Not everyone just listens to grime now 'cause of Skepta. They like how we speak. They like… — Skepta Copy Share Image
Spell-check ruins my work. It fixes all my slang and dialect into standard English. So I'm caught in a tangle of technology… — Ntozake Shange Copy Share Image
I want a girl with extensions in her hair, Bamboo earrings, at least two pair, A Fendi bag and a bad attitude,… — LL Cool J Copy Share Image
I don't want to say which guard it was with the Bulls, but I would take the ball and he would come… — Toni Kukoc Copy Share Image
I’ve always been a word guy, I like weird words and I like American slang and all that and words that are… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
“In many a case, the phrase ‘I’d like to get to know you better’ is a euphemism for ‘I want us to… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Gay is a subculture, a slur, a set of gestures, a slang, a look, a posture, a parade, a rainbow flag, a… — Jack Donovan Copy Share Image
The fact that slang is apt and forceful makes its use irresistibly tempting. Coarse or profane slang is beside the mark, but… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
When you depart from standard usage, it should be deliberate and not an accidental lapse. Like a poet who breaks the rules… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
She wanted more, more slang, more figures of speech, the bee's knees, the cats pajamas, horse of a different color, dog-tired, she… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
Being a New Jersey native, going down to the shore for my whole life, it's a big thing that out of towners… — Valerie Estelle Frankel Copy Share Image
I boldly assert, in fact I think I know, that a lot of friendships and connections absolutely depend upon a sort of… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Keep my planets in orbit, Never forfeit or quit, Move forward... I talk with the awkward slang, I walk with the Wu-Tang. — RZA Copy Share Image
All our efforts to guard and guide our children may just get in the way of the one thing they need most… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Try and write straight English; never using slang except in dialogue and then only when unavoidable. Because all slang goes sour in… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
The most vulgar slang is scarcely worse than the attempted elegance which those unused to good society imagine to be the evidence… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
“Sometimes advises from others are more difficult to bear with than even slang.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
I love the inappropriateness of age-old wisdom in modern slang. These things are all so wonderful to me. — Doseone Copy Share Image
Sure am glad I'm not royalty," I muttered. "I wouldn't want to have to bump uglies with someone I can't stand. On… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
My language limitations here are real. My vocabulary is adequate for writing notes and keeping journals but absolutely useless for an active… — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
My mother wouldn't allow me to speak slang when I was growing up. But when I got outside, around my friends, it… — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
