"Language pedants hew to an oral tradition of shibboleths that have no basis in logic or style, that have been defied by great writers for centuries, and that have been disavowed by every thoughtful usage manual."

-- Steven Pinker

#Thoughtful Quotes #Style Quotes #Oral Tradition Quotes

“Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.”
“Always be sexy.Â I salute that message.”
“I think every script I read has something that sends me into a state of panic but that usually makes me want to do it.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We seek true individuality and the true individuals. But we find them not. For lo, we mortals see what our poor eyes can see; and they, the true individuals, - they belong not to this world of our merely human sense and thought.”

Source : Josiah Royce (1952). “The Religious Philosophy of Josiah Royce; Edited, with an Introductory Essay, by Stuart Gerry Brown”
“The French were mystified about the Watergate scandal.”
“Only this I know, That one celestial father gives to all.”
“Quantity has a quality all its own.”
“Itâ€™s a fair-sized job to write a book that people can be bothered just to read; when they begin to steal copies, you are really getting some place.”

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