Languange Quotes & Sayings

Do we really need policing - whether by God or by each other - in order to stop us from behaving in a selfish and criminal manner? — Richard Dawkins

Funishment - not truly discipline. — Cherise Sinclair

Our heads are round so thought can change direction — Allen Ginsberg

Author describes auto CEO's decisions to drive rather than fly to Washington as "showy penitence". — Ron Suskind

The true philosopher and the true poet are one, and a beauty, which is truth, and a truth, which is beauty, is the aim of both. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

When I was a child, she'd have me wash the lettuce ten times or open walnuts by hand to make a cake. I was like, 'Mom, this is ridiculous.' But now? I run my kitchen the same way. — Daniel Humm

There's really only one good writing habit: You must write constantly. — Rob Bignell, Editor

Writing poetry is about learning to pare down the poem to the most essential words. Every word used has to be crucial to the poem. — Harley King

Good Morning!" said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But Gandalf looked at him from under long bushy eyebrows that stuck out further than the brim of his shady hat.
"What do you mean?" he said. "Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?"
"All of them at once," said Bilbo. "And a very fine morning for a pipe of tobacco out of doors, into the bargain.
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"Good morning!" he said at last. "We don't want any adventures here, thank you! You might try over The Hill or across The Water." By this he meant that the conversation was at an end.
"What a lot of things you do use Good morning for!" said Gandalf. "Now you mean that you want to get rid of me, and that it won't be good till I move off. — J.R.R. Tolkien

I always wanted to be a singer, it's what I wanted to do since I was little. I'm doing it now and I couldn't be happier. — Britney Spears

The French, it seems to me, strike a happy balance between intimacy and reserve. Some of this must be helped by the language, which lends itself to graceful expression even when dealing with fairly basic subjects ... And there's that famously elegant subtitle from a classic Western.
COWBOY: "Gimme a shot of red-eye."
SUBTITLE: "Un Dubonnet, s'il vous plait."
No wonder French was the language of diplomacy for all those years. — Peter Mayle

Foxy girls know that silence may be golden-but only for four seconds. Anything longer and you're heading for Awkward Avenue. — Meg Cabot