"Never use an adverb to modify the verb……" — Elmore Leonard

More Admonished Quotes

This quote is filed under Admonished Quotes, one of 15 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

• To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-ridden, regulated, penned up, indoctrinated, preached at, checked, appraised,… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
• Tobacco smoke is the one element in which, by our European manners, men can sit silent together without embarrassment, and… — Thomas Carlyle
• I was at the vice president's Christmas party. I thought that his speech was spectacular, and I knew that it… — Bradley Whitford
• Is life less thrilling if your neighbors are rational, if they don’t bomb your power stations whenever they feel you… — Rabih Alameddine
• Living the gospel does not mean the storms of life will pass us by, but we will be better prepared… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
• It is not unusual to hear a religious leader, a philosopher, or a poet refer to man as having a… — Ezra Taft Benson
• Robert Torricelli, a powerful fund-raiser who helped raise more than $100 million for the Democratic party, took inappropriate gifts from… — Jon Stewart
• I am admonished in many ways that time is pushing me inexorably along. I am approaching the threshold of age;… — Mark Twain
• My father once admonished me to master the laws that govern fine writing until I could weave my words into… — Brandon Mull
• I was admonished ot adopt feminine clothes; I refused, and still refuse. As for other avocations of women, there are… — Joan of Arc
• Lief. That's not nice, considering all your sister has done for you," admonished Perl. "Oh right. How could I forget… — Maria V. Snyder
• Royce nodded. “Invest in crossbows. Next time stay hidden and just put a couple bolts into each of your target’s… — Michael J. Sullivan

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