Quote by John McWhorter Download Open image ““We’re all Dennis Hopper now.”” — John McWhorter ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
Is Hopper celebrating with you?” “Hopper? Why would—” My mouth snapped shut for a few moments. “Oh. I, uh, kind of forgot about him. — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
“Made people laugh. Dennis had a way of making everybody lighten up when things were tense. How could you get down on yourself when… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
“We do not regret the sacrifices we make for others, Dennis. Not ever!” — Thien Pham Copy Share Image
“Tell me, where do I stand compared to Neil and the ankle biter over there? He’s kind of hot, in a Howard the Duck… — H.M. Ward Copy Share Image
“Above us, the stars watched. Below us, the world rushed on. But here, there was only the wall and the paint. And me. And… — Marie Sexton Copy Share Image
“So now, when I look back, all I see is who we used to be and who we are now. And I wonder how… — Susan Pogorzelski Copy Share Image
“Modern Our Father, who is in heaven, blessed be your name. Give us our daily bread today. All three of these languages were rich,… — John McWhorter Copy Share Image
As far as I'm concerned, and this is a big theme of mine, I'm not interested in white people loving me. It's an unrealistic… — John McWhorter Copy Share Image
“[I] would argue that native-born blacks are so vastly less "African" than actual Africans that calling ourselves 'African American' is not only illogical but… — John McWhorter Copy Share Image
People banging away on their smartphones are fluently using a code separate from the one they use in actual writing, but a code it… — John McWhorter Copy Share Image
“The difference between educated people and uneducated people is that educated people have been opened up to the notion that you can disagree without… — John McWhorter Copy Share Image
Most languages spoken by a few thousand people are so complicated they make your head swim; a Siberian yak herder's language is much more… — John McWhorter Copy Share Image
“Poetry that tames language into tight structures and yet manages to move us comes off as a feat, paralleling ballet or athletic talent in… — John McWhorter Copy Share Image
“The late twentieth century has been the locus of a new lurch on English’s time line in America, where oratorical, poetic, and compositional craft… — John McWhorter Copy Share Image
Rap and spoken word have reawakened the country to poetry in itself. Texting and Twitter encourage creative uses of casual language, in ways I… — John McWhorter Copy Share Image
It would be good if teachers could genuinely understand that black English is not mistakes, it's just different English, and that what you want… — John McWhorter Copy Share Image
As languages go, English is pretty user friendly. If you look at a tiny language spoken somewhere that most of us have never heard… — John McWhorter Copy Share Image
