"The problem with the alphabet is that it bears no relation to anything at all, and when words are arranged alphabetically they are uselessly separated. In the OED, for example, aardvarks are 19 volumes away from the zoo, yachts are 18 volumes from the beach, and wine is 17 volumes from the nearest corkscrew."

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Source : Mark Forsyth (2013). “The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language”, p.9, Penguin

Mark Forsyth

#Beach Quotes #Zoos Quotes #Wine Quotes

“There are nearly 1 million Americans who visit the emergency room each year because of dental pain at a cost that runs into the hundreds of millions.”
“Only power can get people into a position where they may be noble.”

Source : Quoted in M Korda Power in the Office (1976).
“Was the period of happiness worth the unhappiness that followed a breakup? Most people seemed to think so, because they got on the love train time and time again.”
“Adversity creates heroes.”
“Open office plans, cell phones, constant notifications: these are all things that fight against sustained attention on a task. For some people and some tasks, that doesnâ€™t matter. But for a lot of important work, it matters a lot.”

Source : "In Which I Respond to My Critics About the Bernie Revolution" by Kevin Drum, www.motherjones.com. April 30, 2016.
“I write from my imagination, not from what I've read in books or seen on TV or to make money. I wrote from an idea I was passionate about.”
“I schooled in the Boston area.”
“I was super skeptical about doing TV. I said no three times, part of which was confidence because I didn't really understand that world. I know how to climb mountains and do all that, but I wasn't a TV person.”

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