Panel In English Quotes & Sayings

Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life. — James A. Garfield

American Heritage Dictionary: "The only rationale for condemning the construction is based on a false analogy with Latin. . . . In general, the Usage Panel accepts the split infinitive." Merriam-Webster Unabridged online dictionary: "Even though there has never been a rational basis for objecting to the split infinitive, the subject has become a fixture of folk belief about grammar. . . . Modern commentators . . . usually say it's all right to split an infinitive in the interest of clarity. Since clarity is the usual reason for splitting, this advice means merely that you can split them whenever you need to." Encarta World English Dictionary: "There is no grammatical basis for rejecting split infinitives. — Steven Pinker

The iPhone isn't a gift. It's a booty-call device - his means of communicating with me about hooking up while he holds all the control. This is one way he remains untraceable. — Georgia Cates

I am unfortunate in using a word which may convey a meaning - and evidently does - quite opposite to my intention. — Charles Dickens

To me Moses is all men grown to gigantic proportions. — Charlton Heston

Moving forward is the only way to survive. — Tahereh Mafi

Superficially it's a problem if homosexuality is genetic - if the difference between people's sexual preferences is genetic - because at least a pure homosexual would be unlikely to reproduce and therefore pass on the genes. So the first question you ask is, is it actually genetic, and the answer is probably to some extent yes. — Richard Dawkins

I'm a female
Fe= iron
Male= man
Therefore I am iron man — Val

The worst thing you could ever ask is "What could possibly go wrong? — Faye Morgan

Oh, but I was an idiot. Wanting to be whatever magic she waited for, when I had no magic - only darkness or death to give. But it seemed in that one instant, when she turned to discover what was behind her, that I could have brought happiness to at least one mortal. Me and my dreams of goodness. I had always been a fool for them. — Krisi Keley