People Quote by Douglas Coupland

“The word “actually,” like its cousin “frankly,” should, by itself, be a tip-off to most people that what is to follow is a blatant…

— Alan Bradley

But still, it looked completely natural, as if we had been kissing at the ends of sentences for ages, while the rest of the…

— Jodi Picoult

One of the problems with a lot of "confessional" writing is that it starts and stops with the confessional and doesn't really tie the…

— Kiese Laymon

I don't like when I say 'honestly' - not to imply that I'm otherwise not honest.

— Mark Parker

Humans generally get out the gist of what they need to say right at the beginning, then spend forever qualifying, contradicting, burnishing or taking…

— Richard Ford

I never use declarative sentences when I'm first meeting people. I always just ask questions.

— Ryan Serhant

I don't particularly like it when people put words in my mouth, either, by the way, unless I say it.

— George W. Bush

Funny how things turn out, I have swallowed one of the nevers I once prematurely declared. Well its a lesson learned, though in such…

— Trinity Chasara

The first sentence of the truth is always the hardest. Each of us had a first sentence, and most of us found the strength…

— David Levithan

Even when I use a word in the wrong order in a sentence, I get mad. It's very stressful.

— Jet Li

I think people are surprised when I string two sentences together. But I had a fiercely academic upbringing.

— Charlie Day

Sometimes we need to speak oddly to see clearly.

— Galen Strawson