Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow. – Oliver Wendell Holmes Category: Language
In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a relief denied even to prayer. – Mark Twain Category: Language
Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons. – Aldous Huxley Category: Language
Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work. – Carl Sandburg, New York Times, 1959 February 13th Category: Language
A woman drove me to drink and I never even had the courtesy to thank her. – W.C. Fields Category: Alcohol
Were living in an era of unprecedented change, and I want to be a part of documenting it. – Ron Fournier Category: Change
I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too. – Mary Douglas Category: alone
A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be. – Mark Strand Category: Poetry
