I cannot too often repeat that Democracy is a word the real gist of which still sleeps, quite unawakened, notwithstanding the resonance… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
A game of great charm in the adoption of mathematical measurements to the timing of human movements, the exactitudes and adjustments of… — Branch Rickey Copy Share Image
The middles cleave to euphemisms not just because they're an aid in avoiding facts. They like them also because they assist their… — Paul Fussell Copy Share Image
MONOSYLLABIC, adj. Composed of words of one syllable . . . Commonly Saxon - that is to say, words of a barbarous… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
We've got the emPHAsis on the wrong sylLAble when it comes to crime in this country. The FBI says burglary and robbery… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
The most reserved of men, that will not exchange two syllables together in an English coffee-house, should they meet at Ispahan, would… — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
'Iggy' was my dog - he was named after Iggy Pop - and 'Azalea' is the street where I grew up; together,… — Iggy Azalea Copy Share Image
I played Thersites and I remember we were also doing some places out of town before starting our run at The Old… — Matt Lucas Copy Share Image
Sometimes I just start humming something, find a melody I like a lot, and if it sticks around for a couple days,… — Jack Johnson Copy Share Image
A lot of things appearing under my byline were written in one draft. But when I started to write poetry, I started… — Richard Meltzer Copy Share Image
One made the observation of the people of Asia that they were all slaves to one man, merely because they could not… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
You must get into the habit of looking intensely at words, and assuring yourself of their meaning, syllable by syllable-nay, letter by… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
In a certain way, it's the sound of the words, the inflection and the way the song is sung and the way… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
“Find the pitch and pace and syllables and words you love to hear. Delight your own senses, and self-romance.” — Alexandra Katehakis Copy Share Image
The states have authority to interpret the Constitution, enforce it, and protect the people from violations of it by the federal government… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Dogs should be called by names which are not very long, so that each may obey more quickly when he is called,… — Columella Copy Share Image
So often we think that to be encouragers we have to produce great words of wisdom when, in fact, a few simple… — Florence Littauer Copy Share Image
From the body of the unborn essence arises the sphere of light, and from that sphere of light arises wisdom. From the… — Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Nearly all men are slaves for the same reason that the Spartans assigned for the servitude of the Persians -- lack of… — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
Abolish slavery tomorrow, and not a sentence or syllable of the Constitution need be altered. It was purposely so framed as to… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
It normally happens that if you put two words together, or two syllables together, one of them will attract more weight, more… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
