Constructing Sentences Quotes & Sayings

Know what makes a sentence more than a random list, practice constructing sentences and explaining what you have done, and you will know how to make sentences forever and you will know too when what you are writing doesn't make the grade because it has degenerated into a mere pile of discrete items. — Stanley Fish

I went to the Senate, accomplished nothing as usual. — Clara Barton

As I sat in a small room constructing what seemed to me awkward sentences and paragraphs, McCone was out having exciting adventures. — Marcia Muller

Of all the hurdles you will need to face in this life time the hardest will be your self imposed limitations — Jan Hellriegel

When man learns that man is man's greatest asset he will serve his fellowman instead of killing him as he does now for material values. — Lao Russell

It may well be that individuals who are attracted into linguistics have a certain talent for metalinguistic reflection - a delight in constructing ungrammatical sentences, finding curious ambiguities and implicatures, hearing and imitating accents, and the like - and that professional training as a linguist only amplifies this proclivity. It would then be no surprise that linguists' sense of what is interesting in language is different from that of our friends in biology, economics, and dentistry. It is just that we linguists have made the mistake of assuming everyone else is like us. — Ray S. Jackendoff

Roads were made for journeys not destinations — Confucius

I think that if you have a knack for storytelling, and you work really hard at it, you'll have a chance to tap into something deep. But the fact remains that good sentences are hard won. Any writer worth a lick knows constructing a sentence, a paragraph, or a chapter is hard work. — Adam Ross

Nothing surprises me. One thing I don't ever have in my world is surprise. — Nancy Pelosi

The single most important lesson of effective communication is this: Focus on clarity. Concentrate on precisions. Don't worry about constructing beautiful sentences. Beauty comes from meaning, not language. Accuracy is the most effective style of all. — David Gerrold