Archaisms Quotes

#1. It behooves us to avoid archaisms. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.

William Safire

#2. philosophical writers after his time: nor again must his simplicity of thought and occasional quaintness be reproduced in the form of archaisms of language; and

Herodotus

#3. must his simplicity of thought and occasional quaintness be reproduced in the form of archaisms of language; and that not only because the affectation of an archaic

Herodotus

#4. When the audience enjoys your performance, you feel like a magician who is doing magic. It's a great feeling!

Kailash Kher

#5. If God gives you chocolate, you open your mouth, no?

Alejandro Jodorowsky

#6. To me quantum computation is a new and deeper and better way to understand the laws of physics, and hence understanding physical reality as a whole.

David Deutsch

#7. In the wave lies the secret of creation.

Walter Russell

#8. The snow that began at midafternoon had faded the sign's virulent yellow to a kinder pastel shade as the light ran out of the January dusk.

Stephen King

#9. The day before me is fraught with God knows what horrors.

John Kennedy Toole

#10. Once upon a time, I'd come close to being killed in the big trash bin outside. This counts as nostalgia for someone like me (p. 317).
Kinsey Millhone in V is for Vengeance

Sue Grafton

#11. Mere Morality can be summarized as: using instinct, law, and reason as guides, try to act with the intention of minimizing harm.

Dan Barker

#12. We demons get the blame, but we only open the door. It is humanity who steps through it.

Cassandra Clare

#13. To be ignorant of the future is a condition of mortal existence, with which one can make terms. To be ignorant of the present, where it concerns the life of those one loves, is an additional burden almost beyond endurance.

Frances J. Woodward

#14. He is fascinated by their lack of conventional hierarchy or structure and loves how the forces of capital have subverted plans to control and order space.

Graham Owen

#15. You put the right artist on the right track in the studio and leave the door open to let God in.

Jay-Z