Inspirational Quote by Mary Norris Download Open image “Commas, like nuns, often travel in pairs.” — Mary Norris ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Inspirational Love Nun Pairs
“Isn't it odd, the attractiveness of type and paper and ink, bodying thoughts and descriptions? Isn't it odd how much the sight can teach… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I like to use as few commas as possible so that sentences will go down in one swallow without touching the sides. — Pamela Frankau Copy Share Image
I work through life with commas. I don't even know, do you have parentheticals? — Matthew McConaughey Copy Share Image
To me, part of the beauty of a comma is that it offers a rest, like one in music: a break that gives the… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
“As with other paired bracketing devices (such as parentheses, dashes and quotation marks), there is actual mental cruelty involved , incidentally, in opening up… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
I have spent most of the day putting in a comma and the rest of the day taking it out. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
One of the things I like about my job is that it draws on the entire person: not just your knowledge of grammar and… — Mary Norris Copy Share Image
Punctuation is a deeply conservative club. It hardly ever admits a new member. — Mary Norris Copy Share Image
There is a phase in the life of every copy editor when she is obsessed with hyphens. — Mary Norris Copy Share Image
Back in the twentieth century, we thought that robots would have taken over by this time, and, in a way, they have. But robots… — Mary Norris Copy Share Image
The English language is full of words that are just waiting to be misspelled, and the world is full of sticklers, ready to pounce. — Mary Norris Copy Share Image
“I always wanted to write a book, but it looked really hard: how did you get all the lines to come out even on… — Mary Norris Copy Share Image
Everybody is a writer. Everybody uses e-mail and has Facebook pages and tweets. — Mary Norris Copy Share Image
“I always forget that, in the popular imagination, the copy editor is a bit of a witch, and it surprises me when someone is… — Mary Norris Copy Share Image
The dictionary is a wonderful thing, but you can't let it push you around. — Mary Norris Copy Share Image
The comma, if it's left out, sometimes can be a problem. There's a slogan on a T-shirt going around that "Let's Eat, Grandma," and… — Mary Norris Copy Share Image
We talk to God--that is prayer; God talks to us--that is inspiration. — H. Emilie Cady Copy Share Image
You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Just understand that the good that you want is already here. All you have to do is get in harmony with it. And you… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
It's a hard thing to describe. It's just this sense that you got something to say. — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
