English major Quote by Eusebius Clay Download Open image ““Quotation is a noun. Quote is a verb.”” — Eusebius Clay ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare English major Goodreads Grammar
“I hate when people say "quote" when what they really mean is "quotation." How's that for a quote?” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Quote' is a verb; 'quotation', a noun. Lazy tongues attached to empty minds have taken the distinction from us. Before we lament, let us… — D.F. Downing Copy Share Image
A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business. — A. A. Milne Copy Share Image
“Quotes are little packages of knowledge shared from others who have walked the path before, during and after us. They inspire, teach, encourage, inform… — Kelly McNelis Senegor Copy Share Image
A good quotation must be a complete entity. It must be like a headline - sharp, clear, whole. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I ended up doing four or five plays in college and being an English major with my thesis in language acquisition, which I was… — Carrie Coon Copy Share Image
“It's my job as best friend to make sure he's not a serial killer. Or an English major, not sure which one's worse.” — Shelly Crane Copy Share Image
“I suppose I could have been nicer when I was at Columbia. I could have been polite, respectful, turned in my papers on time.… — Ted Rall Copy Share Image
“The English major reads because, as rich as the one life he has may be, one life is not enough.” — Mark Edmundson Copy Share Image
The feeling persists that no one can simultaneously be a respectable writer and understand how a refrigerator works, just as no gentleman wears a… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“I swear on Peter Stuyvesant’s peg leg that the country that became the U.S. bears a closer family resemblance to the devil-may-care merchants of… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
The number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major. — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
During his weekly address to the nation, President Obama discussed higher education and said, 'The most important skill you can sell is your knowledge.'… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
More than anything, being an English major made me more appreciative of authors and what an incredible feat it is to just finish a… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
“Sylvia Plath" A miniature mad talent? Sylvia Plath, who'll wipe off the spit of your integrity, rising in the saddle to slash at Auschwitz,… — Robert Lowell Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors… — David Brin Copy Share Image
My roommate in college in Austin, Texas, was Wes Anderson. Wes always wanted to be a director. I was an English major in college,… — Owen Wilson Copy Share Image
