Being Pedantic Quotes

#1. Life is complex and prone to being pedantic
Always little things crawl, flutter
and creep in.
Nesting in cracks in our psyches
Gibbering, whispering and scratching
on sanity's walls.
Messages without form or reason
Teasing us to come out
And blend in.

Neil Leckman

#2. He had fought back with every weapon in his arsenal, being alternatively obtuse, evasive and pedantic, for it was wonderful how you could obscure an emotional issue by appearing to seek precision.

J.K. Rowling

#3. Our souls may all be equal in the sight of the Lord, but our gumption and ingenuity ain't. So the results of man's labor will never be equal.

Bess Streeter Aldrich

#4. I showed everyone the medal and they said, 'Ooh, I can't believe how heavy it is,' Sometimes they were more interested in the medal than in me. I was like, 'Hey, what about me?'

Sarah Hughes

#5. Given enough time, the impossible becomes possible.

Suzanne Harper

#6. So in the world of Enlightenment, things are just things, except they're not things. We're in nirvana. There is no debating team.

Frederick Lenz

#7. Heaven knows that there are plenty of opportunities in later life, too, for being carried away. What of it? We remain what we are and, no doubt, it is all very good for us!

Knut Hamsun

#8. People sometimes think that defining a term is pedantic and useless, but terms need to be defined if they're going to be discussed, even if the terms are only defined for a single conversation. Those involved in the conversation need to know how the terms are being used.

Pattiann Rogers

#9. For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge the more grief.

Anonymous

#10. I'm one who demands a lot from people. I'm not afraid to look at alternative ways in city government. That's what I've done in my two years and will continue to do in the next four.

Richard M. Daley

#11. I'm most comfortable with my computer. Yes, I have an iPhone, but I've reached that point now where to read e-mails on my phone, I need my reading glasses. I'm most comfortable with the big-screen computer.

George Takei

#12. There are indeed ducks in Blackford Pond." "On it," muttered Isabel. "What?" "On the pond. There are ducks on the pond. There are fish in it." Even as she spoke, Isabel had no idea why she was being so pedantic, and

Alexander McCall Smith

#13. Reading had always been another world for him. Not an escape, since he rarely sought escape ... writers had to confront the world if they were going to observe it accurately ... but another world nonetheless. One filled with powerful voices relaying even more powerful thoughts.

Dan Simmons

#14. The perpetual charm of Arabia is that the traveler finds his level there simply as a human being; the people's directness, deadly to the sentimental or pedantic, likes the less complicated virtues ...

Freya Stark

#15. If you don't think you're a winner, you don't belong here.

Vince Lombardi

#16. Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.

Richard J. Foster

#17. Rule number six: no promises."
"Okay", I agree easily. "No promises, ever."
"Promise?" he asks.
"Promise."
"And that's it."
"That's the only one.

Mary Elizabeth

#18. There are surely worse things than being wrong, and being dull and pedantic are surely among them.

Mark Kac

#19. I won't bet $100 against house odds between now and the grave.

Charlie Munger

#20. Anyone can build a house: we need the Lord for the creation of a home.

John Henry Jowett