"This book is intended for use in English courses in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature. It aims to give in a brief space the principal requirements of plain English style. It aims to lighten the task of instructor and student by concentrating attention (in Chapters II and III) on a few essentials, the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated. The numbers of the sections may be used as references in correcting manuscript."

-- William Strunk, Jr.

#Book Quotes #Practice Quotes #Numbers Quotes

“Every condition of the soul has its own sign and expression...So you will see how hard it is to seem original without being so.”
“God always has another custard pie up his sleeve.”

Source : "Screen: Angry-Young-Man Fairy Tale; 'Georgy Girl' Arrives at the Fine Arts Lynn Redgrave Stars in Tragicomic Film" by Michael Stern, www.nytimes.com. October 18, 1966.
“Bear Valley is the hidden treasure of the Sierra.”
“I believe Donald Trump would be better for America than Barack Obama, because he understands business. Donald Trump has taken a pro- life position. He believes that we're getting shanghaied by China.”
“If you write a good action sequence well in a novel, you're already writing it for film, because the only way to do it well is to use some of the same tricks. They're rhetorical, not visual, but it's the same move.”
“If you develop rules, never have more than ten.”
“I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner.”
“I've always been under the radar.”

You may also like:

Atul Gawande
Surgeon
Bryan Stevenson
Professor
E. B. White
Writer
Maira Kalman
Illustrator
Paul Tough
Writer
Roger Angell
Essayist
Thomas B. Macaulay
Former Secretary at War
Thomas Carlyle
Philosopher
William Zinsser
Writer