Adequate Quote by Stephen Jay Gould

Punctuation is biological. It is the physical indication of the body-rhythms which the reader is to acknowledge.

— Muriel Rukeyser

From the reader's point of view, punctuation provides a map for one who must otherwise drive blindly past the by-ways, intersections, and detours of…

— Mina P. Shaughnessy

Punctuation is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of marking…

— Lindley Murray

Many writers profess great exactness in punctuation who never yet made a point.

— George D. Prentice

“Punctuation comes from the Latin root punctus, or “point.” Those funny dots, lines, and squiggles help writers point the way. To help readers, we…

— Roy Peter Clark

“It is not the issue here wether punctuation of communicational sequence is, in general, good or bad, as it should be immediately obvious that…

— Paul Watzlawick

Punctuation is a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling.

— Lynne Truss

In writing, punctuation plays the role of body language. It helps readers hear you the way you want to be heard.

— Russell Baker

I found a great many pieces of punctuation and typography lying around dormant when I came along - and I must say I had…

— Tom Wolfe

Accent and emphasis are the pith of reading; punctuation is but secondary.

— Benjamin Disraeli

I emphatically do not assert the general 'truth' of this philosophy of punctuational change. Any attempt to support the exclusive validity of such a…

— Stephen Jay Gould

Human beings are like timid punctuation marks sprinkled among the incomprehensible sentences of life.

— Jean Giraudoux