“It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.”

        — Mark Twain

“It’s a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water.”

        — Franklin P. Jones

“It’s a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water.”

        — Franklin P. Jones

“It’s a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water.”

        — Franklin P. Jones

“I love that sound a metaphor makes as it begins to fall apart.”

        — Mark Ryall (@markryall)

“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and riffle their pockets for new vocabulary.”

        — James Nicoll

“I love that sound a metaphor makes as it begins to fall apart.”

        — Mark Ryall (@markryall)

“Only in grammar can you be more than perfect.”

        — William Safire

“It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.”

        — Mark Twain

“The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand.”

        — Lewis Thomas

“It’s a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water.”

        — Franklin P. Jones

“I love that sound a metaphor makes as it begins to fall apart.”

        — Mark Ryall (@markryall)

“It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.”

        — Mark Twain

“Only in grammar can you be more than perfect.”

        — William Safire

“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and riffle their pockets for new vocabulary.”

        — James Nicoll

“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and riffle their pockets for new vocabulary.”

        — James Nicoll

“Only in grammar can you be more than perfect.”

        — William Safire

“It’s a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water.”

        — Franklin P. Jones

“I love that sound a metaphor makes as it begins to fall apart.”

        — Mark Ryall (@markryall)

“The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand.”

        — Lewis Thomas