Commas Quotes

31 quotes by 29 authors

I am gennerally understood tho I do not use that awkward squad of pointings called commas colons semicolons etc. — John Clare
I demand that my books be judged with utmost severity, by knowledgeable people who know the rules of grammar and of logic, and who will… — Louis Aragon
Poets are interested mostly in death and commas. — Carolyn Kizer
I like to use as few commas as possible so that sentences will go down in one swallow without touching the sides. — Pamela Frankau
In conversation you can use timing, a look, an inflection. But on the page all you have is commas, dashes, the amount of syllables in… — Fran Lebowitz
The commas are the most useful and usable of all the stops. It is highly important to put them in place as you go along.… — Lewis Thomas
All that remains is for a few dots and commas to be crossed. — Mitchell Thomas
I have been fighting over commas all my life. — Mark Helprin
I have to do this, as long as it is at all possible; for if those who are obliged to look after commas had always… — Karl Kraus
Speak and live in simple sentences. Bring closure -- put a period to -- those experiences that you don't want to carry on forever and… — Iyanla Vanzant
What makes a good editor is staying the hell out of the way as much as possible. ... If you're a DC or Marvel or… — Mark Waid
Read him slowly, dear girl, you must read Kipling slowly. Watch carefully where the commas fall so you can discover the natural pauses. He is… — Michael Ondaatje
I like commas. I detest semi-colons â€” I donâ€™t think they belong in a story. And I gave up quotation marks long ago. I found… — E L Doctorow
We prefer to think that the absence of inverted commas guarantees the originality of a thought, whereas it may be merely that the utterer has… — Clifton Fadiman
To one who has enjoyed the full life of any scene, of any hour, what thoughts can be recorded about it seem like the commas… — Margaret Fuller
I hate commas in the wrong places. — Walt Whitman
Commas, like nuns, often travel in pairs. — Mary Norris
Life is a series of commas, not periods. — Matthew McConaughey
Now, you lose something in your life, or you come into a conflict, and there's gonna come a time that you're gonna know: There was… — Matthew McConaughey
Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim. — Elwyn Brooks White

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