Prescriptive Grammar Quotes

#1. Prescriptive grammar has spread linguistic insecurity like a plague among English speakers for centuries, numbs us to the aesthetic richness of non-standard speech, and distracts us from attending to genuine issues of linguistic style in writing.

John McWhorter

#2. And mighty poets in their misery dead.

William Wordsworth

#3. Disheartened, enraptured, and strangely lightheaded, Grady emerged from the trees and walked back through town to the island bridge, his ankles and hands marked up with thorn scratches.

Molly Ringle

#4. I can be nothing worse and nothing better than who I am...Elly.

Elly Helcl

#5. A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
[A good bargain is a pick-purse.]

George Herbert

#6. Death might be a blessing if it means you never have to face this kind of grief.

Carol Cassella

#7. I don't think there's a punch-line scheduled, is there?

Vince Lombardi

#8. Don't ever let your memories be bigger than your dreams.

Jim Craig

#9. Angels and crows passed each other, one leaving, the other coming.

Jerry Spinelli

#10. She tried to walk more slowly up the hill. God, her mind was racing, racing in neutral,

Edward St. Aubyn

#11. If you are never satisfied with what you write, that is a good sign. It means that your vision can see so far that it's hard to come up to it. Again I say - the only unfortunate people are the glib ones, immediately satisfied with their work. To them, the ocean is only knee-deep.

Brenda Ueland

#12. We fell in love, despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was created. For me, love like that has only happened once, and that's why every minute we spent together has been seared in my memory. I'll never forget a single moment of it.

Nicholas Sparks