Grammar Quotes
My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) ch. 6
Song: Country Grammar, Album: Country Grammar
"The Elegance of the Hedgehog". Book by Muriel Barbery, September 2, 2013.
William Safire (2011). “Watching My Language:: Adventures in the Word Trade”, p.383, Random House
Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them.
Lecture at Oxford. Time, December 15, 1961.
We hurt most who we love the most. Bad grammar, painful truth.
Andy Stanley (2011). “Enemies of the Heart: Breaking Free from the Four Emotions That Control You”, p.24, Multnomah
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2599, Manonmani Publishers
Willard Van Orman Quine (1986). “Philosophy of Logic”, p.35, Harvard University Press
Social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings.
Octavio Paz (1985). “The Labyrinth of Solitude: And the Other Mexico ; Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude ; Mexico and the United States ; The Philanthropic Ogre”, p.263, Grove Press
Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”
After all, when a thought takes one's breath away, a lesson on grammar seems an impertinence.
Emily Dickinson, Mabel Loomis Todd, Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1902). “Poems”