Punctuation And Grammar Quotes

#1. I write in the most distressingly slow way in terms of punctuation and grammar.

Maurice Saatchi

#2. Apparently, my hopes, dreams and aspirations were no match against my poor spelling, punctuation and grammar.

Red Red Rover

#3. In France, we leave a single space before and after most punctuation marks. In England, there are generally no spaces before punctuation, and one inserts a double space between sentences.

Tasha Alexander

#4. You see, I believe that you cannot be taught to 'write.' You can be taught grammar and punctuation, but you cannot be taught to be a writer. That has to come from within.

Robert J. Randisi

#5. No matter what any of the grammar teachers say, punctuation is an arbitrary matter. It should be used to make sentences clear.

Andy Rooney

#6. I wasn't comfortable on stage for years. It was good - 18 shows. I want to do it again.

Ester Dean

#7. Do I want the man who holds me together or the man who gives me permission to break?

Lexi Ryan

#8. Garry Shandling has always been a pioneer of ... meta entertainment. He's always been a defender of the creative right to use the frame as part of the painting.

Dan Harmon

#9. Denial is underrated.

Katherine Hepburn

#10. Ladies, if you want to know the way to my heart ... good spelling and good grammar, good punctuation, capitalize only where you are supposed to capitalize, it's done.

John Mayer

#11. Life is tons of discipline. Your first discipline is your vocabulary; then your grammar and your punctuation

Robert Frost

#12. The last, best fruit which comes to late perfection, even in the kindliest soul, is tenderness toward the hard, forbearance toward the unforbearing, warmth of heart toward the cold, philanthropy toward the misanthropic.

Jean Paul

#13. Truly good manners are invisible: they ease the way for others, without drawing attention to themselves. It is no accident that the word "punctilious" ("attentive to formality or etiquette") comes from the same original root as punctuation.

Lynne Truss

#14. Let grammar, punctuation, and spelling into your life! Even the most energetic and wonderful mess has to be turned into sentences.

Terry Pratchett

#15. What the semicolon's anxious supporters fret about is the tendency of contemporary writers to use a dash instead of a semicolon and thus precipitate the end of the world. Are they being alarmist?

Lynne Truss

#16. I don't think anyone would think that an ellipsis represents doubt or anything. I think it's more, you know, hinting at the future. What lies ahead.

Sarah Dessen

#17. Rod Stewart, Elton John and I were going to form a band called Hair, Nose & Teeth after the three of us. But it hasn't happened because none of us can agree on the order of the words!

Freddie Mercury

#18. Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop.

Lynne Truss

#19. I might not use capital letters. But I would definitely use an apostrophe ... and probably a period. I'm a huge fan of punctuation.

Rainbow Rowell

#20. Use correct grammar and punctuation. Do not use net speak, like WOT, W-O-T or U. Those messages get a lot lower reply rate.

Christian Rudder

#21. You are not any different. You can do anything you want. So many times, I've been asked what I think of women stand-ups. If you actually look around, there are so many female comedians starring in the biggest TV shows.

Lilly Singh

#22. He doesn't need to know the path to adventure. He simply needs to recognize that it awaits.

Lorraine Heath

#23. It is really important that focusing on things such as spelling, punctuation, grammar and handwriting doesn't inhibit the creative flow. When I was at school there was a huge focus on copying and testing and it put me off words and stories for years.

Michael Morpurgo

#24. Now my complaint is there are only 18 hours to work in a day.

Heston Blumenthal

#25. You are an author! You will be a published author. Take pride in that, and present only your best work. Then, continue to improve, so your best gets even better.

Courage Knight

#26. A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employments.

Aristotle.

#27. In this chthonian world the only thing of importance is orthography and punctuation. It doesn't matter what the nature of the calamity is, only whether it is spelled right.

Henry Miller

#28. A naked woman is less dangerous than one who spreads her skirt skillfully to cover and exhibit everything at once.

Honore De Balzac

#29. I do not worry or even think of spelling, grammar, paragraphing, or punctuation (except periods) at this point ... In the early throes of an idea there is for me only grammar of the mind, which is a flow of thought, as natural and precise as the flow of a river to the sea.

Mary O'Neill

#30. President Obama contends that charges he is "not really an American" have been trumped up by you-know-who.

Michael R. Burch

#31. Abel was brushing the snow off his parka while Micha was dancing around him, still balancing the plate of cookies, singing, 'We're staying, we're staying, we're staying overnight! We're drying! We're drying! We're drying on the line!

Antonia Michaelis

#32. As a life coach, I love makeovers, from new clothes to surgery, pedicures to highlights. But redoing makes you feel better only if approached with the right attitude.

Martha Beck