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“It is indeed acceptable practice to sometimes split an infinitive. If infinitive-splitting makes available just the shade of meaning you desire or if avoiding the separation creates a confusing ambiguity or patent artificiality, you are entitled to happily go ahead and split!”
Source : Richard Lederer (2012). “Lederer on Language: A Celebration of English, Good Grammar, and Wordplay”, p.58, Marion Street Press
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“Well, I guess I needed this tough first round to really put me into that tournament, to really erase what happened at Indian Wells, which is now the case, you know.”
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“Fiction is love and hate and agreement and conflict and common adventure, not lonely musings on have-beens and might-have-beens.”
Source : Alfred Bertram Guthrie (1993). “The Blue Hen's Chick: An Autobiography”, p.177, U of Nebraska Press
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“You wonder why I only talk about my personal life. But that's all I've ever done.”
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“Go forth! Carry the good tidings to the poor, bind the wounds of the brokenhearted, proclaim freedom to slaves, open the doors of prisons to those within, promulgate the year of the Lord's mercy... Bring into the world the hope of God, which is Christ the Lord Who rose from the dead and lives and reigns forever.”
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“It were happy if we studied nature more in natural things; and acted according to nature, whose rules are few, plain, and most reasonable.”
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“All the bayonets of the Army cannot force the Negro into our homes, into our schools, our churches and our places of recreation and amusement,”
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“It's hard to fully enjoy your time on Earth without having your health. Ask anyone battling health issues - most especially, issues that could have been avoided. For me, I read food labels, I seek out places to purchase the best-quality foods available to me, and I inquire about how they are produced (meats and fruits/vegetables).”
Source : "Origin Series: Empire Actor Adam Rodriguez On Reading Food Labels, Three Phrases to Live By, to Win for Love, Forward Thinking, and How We’re All in This Together". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. November 16, 2015. 
