Letters Quotes - Page 5

Sir Alec Douglas-Home, when he was British Foreign Secretary, said he received the following telegram from an irate citizen: "To hell with you. Offensive letter follows."

The only thing I'd rather own than Windows is English. Then I'd be able to charge you an upgrade fee every time I add new letters like N and T.

The lover of letters loves power too.

If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.

It's amazing how email has changed our lives. You ever get a handwritten letter in the mail today? 'What the? Has someone been kidnapped?'

As to spelling the very frequent word though with six letters instead of two, it is impossible to discuss it, as it is outside the range of common sanity. In comparison such a monstrosity as phlegm for flem is merely disgusting.

A good face is the best letter of recommendation.

She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read.

Suspicion often creates what it suspects.

X, n. In our alphabet being a needless letter has an added invincibility to the attacks of the spelling reformers, and like them, will doubtless last as long as the language.

I'm intrigued that the same letters from the alphabet are used in the word silent and in the word listen. Perhaps it's evidence that the most important part of listening involves remaining silent.

His letters ... have been like fine cold water when you are terribly thirsty.

Any woman who can’t say a four-letter word sometimes is deceitful.

Truth is not only a man's ornament but his instrument; it is the great man's glory, and the poor man's stock: a man's truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.

A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his government is groping.

As I grow old I hate the writing of letters more and more, and like getting them better and better.

Decline of the letter, the rise of the notebook! One doesn't write to others any more; one writes to oneself.

There are no letters in the mailbox And there are no grapes upon the vine And there are no chocolates in your boxes anymore And there are no diamonds in the mine

I keep all of my letters, postcards, and thank you notes. I'll keep them forever!

When I was a kid in Houston, we were so poor we couldn't afford the last 2 letters, so we called ourselves po'.

Letters do love one another. However, due to their anatomical differences, some letters have a hard time achieving intimacy.

The girl behind the scrawled letters. I loved you from the moment I read them. I love you still.” - Will Herondale

I don't save money. Save is a four letter word! I like to borrow money because I can get richer faster on borrowed money. I have what is called retained earnings, so I don't have to save money. If I need money, I will go out and borrow it.

When you see a handwritten envelope addressed to you in your packet of mail when you get your mail out of the mailbox - when you see a personal letter waiting for you - it's exciting. It touches you. You say "Oh, somebody really thought of me and didn't just slap a mailing label across an envelope. Somebody wrote something to me."

One is seduced and battered in turn. The result is presumably wisdom. Wisdom! We are clinging to life like lizards. Why is it so difficult to assemble those things that really matter in life and to dwell among them only? I am referring to certain landscapes, persons, beasts, books, rooms, meteorological conditions, fruits. In fact, I insist on it. A letter is like a poem, it leaps into life and shows very clearly the marks, perhaps I should say thumbprints, of an unwilling or unready composer.