Plural Quotes

66 quotes by 57 authors

To the newcomer to the south, hearing that a coworker plans a weekend visit to 'mama and them's' (the correct plural possessive, don'tchaknow), might make… — Celia Rivenbark
Consciousness is a singular for which there is no plural. — Erwin Schrodinger
That isn't the plural of moose. It's moosi. — Mikey Way
Take the so-called standard of living. What do most people mean by "living"? They donâ€™t mean living. They mean the latest and closest plural approximation… — E E Cummings
If the private sectors are about markets and the public sectors are about governments, then the plural sector is about communities. — Henry Mintzberg
The image of keys (plural) perhaps suggests not so much the porter, who controls admission to the house, as the steward, who regulates its administration… — Craig S. Keener
A picture is never anything but its own plural description. — Roland Barthes
We are now at the point where we must decide whether we are to honour the concept of a plural society which gains strength through… — Earl Warren
Remember: Y'all is singular. All y'all is plural. All y'all's is plural possessive. — Kinky Friedman
I'm always fascinated by the use of the first-person plural talking about sports. — Penn Jillette
Although unions may be good for a worker, singular, they are not always good for workers, plural. Especially when it comes to finding a job. — Amity Shlaes
It hurts the spirit, somehow, to read the word environments, when the plural means that there are so many alternatives there to be sorted through,… — Lewis Thomas
...reality is always plural and mutable. — Robert Anton Wilson
... as a rule of thumb, whenever there appears a plural, correct for a singular. Should I ever let slip a royal WE, put me… — Nicole Krauss
...The plural of elf is elves! What a language! What a world! — Nicole Krauss
Who would deduce the dragonfly from the larva, the iris from the bud, the lawyer from the infant? ...We are all shape-shifters and magical reinventors.… — Diane Ackerman
Men in plural [â€¦] can experience meaningfulness only because they can talk with and make sense to each other and themselves. — Hannah Arendt
chaos: it has no plural. — Carlos Fuentes
Why not spend that time on art: painting, sculpting, charcoal, pastel, oils? Are words or numbers more important than images? Who decides this? Does algebra… — Laurie Halse Anderson
Can the plural possessive express the feelings in your heart? If you don't learn art now, you will never learn to breathe! — Laurie Halse Anderson

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