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Style Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Some read for style, and some for argument: one has little care about the sentiment, he observes only how it is expressed; another regards not…
- Few faults of style, whether real or imaginary, excite the malignity of a more numerous class of readers, than the use of hard words.
- Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes…
More Style Quotes
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- The style depends on the subject. — Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- I wanted to get back to my style of 20 years ago after a long period of exploring horror and fantasy themes. — Dario Argento
- I was backstage in Paris and saw Cindy Crawford doing House Of Style. I thought, I would love to to be in… — Tyra Banks
- I think in the end there are only 20 or 30 tenets of basic cooking. It's going at perhaps the same issue… — Alton Brown
- The conflict that exists today is no more than an old-style struggle for power, once again presented to mankind in semireligious trappings.… — Albert Einstein
- Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not. — Oscar Wilde
- I wish I could say something classy and inspirational, but that just wouldn't be our style. ... Pain heals. Chicks dig scars.… — Keanu Reeves