"Sticklers never read a book without a pencil at hand, to correct the typographical errors. In short, we are unattractive know-all obsessives who get things out of proportion and are in continual peril of being disowned by our exasperated families."

-- Lynne Truss

#Book Quotes #Errors Quotes #Hands Quotes

“I was always embarrassed because my dad wore a suit and my mother wore flat pumps and a cozy jumper while my friends' parents were punks or hippies.”
“When fewer workers have unions, the standard of living falls for everyone and the gap between the rich and poor grows.”
“But my sense in talking to people when I travel is that the film business is not that dissimilar from a lot of other businesses.”
“In proportion to the development of his individuality, each person becomes more valuable to himself, and is therefore capable of being more valuable to others. . . .”
“There does need to be a speed-up of the process.It takes entirely too long to addres5 some of those concerns and, in the process, it becomes so extremely expensive and cumbersome that it tends to turn away those people and companies that want to provide much needed housing.”
“Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.”
“I think everything contributes to your creativity.”
“Why in the world would anyone want to photograph an old woman like me?”

You may also like:

David Crystal
Author
E. B. White
Writer
Edward Jay Epstein
Journalist
Louis Menand
Writer
Simon Winchester
Author
Stella Gibbons
Author
Steve Stern
Author
William Strunk, Jr.
Professor
Curtis White
Essayist