Debase In A Sentence Quotes & Sayings

Is language actually getting better, shorter, and easier? Nowadays we often hear exactly the opposite. Teenager slang is awful, students no longer learn Latin, our children - not to mention our president - cannot put together a grammatical sentence. The whimsical poet Ogden Nash was at least half serious in his "Laments for a dying language":

Coin brassy words at will, debase the coinage;
We're in an if-you-cannot-lick-them-join age,
A slovenliness-provides-its-own-excuse age,
Where usage overnight condones misusage.
Farewell, farewell to my beloved language,
Once English, now a vile orangutanguage. — Charles Yang

I am no more annoyed when I think of the expression, than I should be annoyed by a man's opinion of a picture of mine, who had no eye for pictures; or of a piece of music of mine, who had no ear for music. — Charles Dickens

Kate had the shape of a pixie, all noodle arms and legs; and when she bent to the ground and kicked up her feet, it looked as delicate as a spider walking a wall. Me, I sort of defied gravity with a thud. — Jodi Picoult

Love songs last because they are about feelings that don't change. — Diana Krall

Happiness is a state of mind, and depends very little on outward circumstances. — Helen Keller

You can't control other people's feelings. All you can do is put yourself out there and hope she's going to feel the same way. — Helena Hunting

If we are going to amend the constitution, shouldn't it be to keep the omos-hay from arrying-may? — Jon Stewart

The first thing I feel like we have the potential to do is to deliver to consumers more roots to their home. — Michael K. Powell

If you love something and if you're committed and diligent - the things happen! — Lauryn Hill

If you gotta label me, label me proud. — Lee Brice

They told me it was impossible so I tried and failed. Then I tried again and again until I made it possible. — Debasish Mridha

The oldest, wisest politician grows not more human so, but is merely a gray wharf rat at last. — Henry David Thoreau

In the earlier days of history, kings and leaders went to the battlefield with their men; but today, those who determine that a nation will go to war remain safely behind. The next time leaders talk of warring, all the people should get together and send those leaders to the front lines. Give them a big arena with wonderfully effective ammunition, and the war will be finished in a day — Paramahansa Yogananda

If the mind is dominated by hatred, the best part of the brain, which is used to judge right and wrong, does not function properly. — Dalai Lama