Banjos Quote by Jackson Browne

My husband and I speak an ancient language called grammatical English, and the kids speak a strange dialect which is difficult to decode because…

— Teresa Bloomingdale

“Can't is the worst word that's written or spoken.”

— Edgar A. Guest

When somebody speaks a language that we don't know, we often imagine that some important things are being said!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Length of saying makes languor of hearing.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

Its very variety, subtlety, and utterly irrational, idiomatic complexity makes it possible to say things in English which simply cannot be said in any…

— Robert A. Heinlein

The worst part of it is you don't know if he's barking at an owl, the moon or a burglar!" "That's one of the…

— Charles M. Schulz

I say 20 words in English. I say money, money, money, and I say hot dog! I say yes, no and I say money,…

— Carmen Miranda

“The two more useless words in the English language - Don't worry.”

— Mary Higgins Clark

“There are over 10,000 idioms in American English, and some of them have been in use for more than 2,000 years, while others are brand new.”

— Gail Brenner

Say all you have to say in the fewest possible words, or your reader will be sure to skip them; and in the plainest…

— John Ruskin

Not a sentence or a word is independent of the circumstances under which it is uttered.

— Alfred North Whitehead

No' is the second shortest word in the English language, but one of the hardest to say.

— Raymond Arroyo