Jean Aitchison famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • If the English language had been properly organized ... then there would be a word which meant both 'he' and 'she', and I could write, 'If John or Mary comes heesh will want to play tennis', which would save a lot of trouble.

  • Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write.

  • I’m not a fan of ‘write what you know.’ If you don’t know, find out. I knew nothing about the Bible before I started writing ‘The Year of Living Biblically.’ That was kind of the point – to learn.

  • I can write better than anyone who can write faster,

  • The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite. Without this, it is impossible to accumulate, within the allotted span, enough experience of eating to have anything worth setting down.

  • You're my present and my future Sadie, I will use whatever power I have to make you happy.

  • I advise students on the subject of color as follows: If it looks good enough to eat, use it.

  • There are lots of reasons why a woman stays with a man, even when she's given up on changing him and can predict with certainty the shape that the rest of her life with him is going to take.

  • The personification of the devil as the symbol of all evil assumes the living shape of the Jew.

  • It's every lawyer's dream to help shape the law, not just react to it.

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