About Quote by June Brown Download Open image “I'm absolutely pedantic about language; it must go back to my schools.” — June Brown ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare About Back Go Language Must
Pedantry in learning is like hypocrisy inn religion--a form of knowledge without the power of it. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Pedantry, in the common acceptation of the word, means an absurd ostentation of learning, and stiffness of phraseology, proceeding from a misguided knowledge of… — Henry Mackenzie Copy Share Image
Learning has always been made much of, but forgetting has always been deprecated; therefore pedantry has pretty well established itself throughout the modern world… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
Pedantry is properly the over-rating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Pedantry consists in the use of words unsuitable to the time, place, and company. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
The notion that anything is gained by fixing a language in a groove is cherished only by pedants. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
We see that pedantry has never been held in such esteem for the government of the world as in our times, and it offers… — Giordano Bruno Copy Share Image
“Standard English as it is presented by grammarians and pedants is a dialect that is based on a mostly fictional, static, and Platonic ideal… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
Pedantry crams our heads with learned lumber and takes out our brains to make room for it. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Just pray for your health and strength, hearing and eyesight, and an active mind. — June Brown Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be an actress. I wanted to go into the medical professional. Acting was not important enough. That was a hobby… — June Brown Copy Share Image
All the women in 'Coronation Street' and 'Brookside,' they are all so funny. A lot of women bore me, but I love the strong… — June Brown Copy Share Image
I usually have about 16 pills a day of various descriptions - I also have minerals from Salt Lake City and amino acids that… — June Brown Copy Share Image
I don't believe anything is going to happen until it does, until you see your name on a paper or it actually happens and… — June Brown Copy Share Image
Don't like makeup. I don't use it much unless I go out - I think it makes you look older. — June Brown Copy Share Image
I was a procrastinator and a bookworm but I passed all my School Certificate exams, the equivalent of O-levels; I got three distinctions, three… — June Brown Copy Share Image
If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
I talk to my mates about our kids, being too tired and being worn out. — Holly Willoughby Copy Share Image
With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I write about presidents. That means I write about guys - so far. I'm interested in the people closest to them, the people they… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
That's something a lot of folks don't know about me - I'm pretty darn funny. — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon… — Magdalena Neuner Copy Share Image
Sport is not just about entertainment. It is equally about winning and losing, pooling and galvanising the energy of the youth, upgrading people's physical… — Nita Ambani Copy Share Image
One of the ways that I discovered my confidence and my ability to overpower is becoming a mother. Suddenly, my world wasn't about myself… — Lights Copy Share Image
I didn't want to do 'Fashion Police' because I thought, 'This is stupid, this is beneath me, who wants to talk about fashion?' It… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
I just worried about my weight. Worried about my appearance and thought I wan't pretty enough to be a pop star. It was very… — Judith Durham Copy Share Image
