Quotes About Archaism

#1. Sometimes the archaism of the language when it's spoken is why we are all in love with the Irish today.

Diane Wakoski

#2. Reckless archaism. Arpeggiating under the influence. Presto in an andante zone.

Richard Powers

#3. In contemporary society [the typical lady] is an archaism, and can't hardly understand herself unless she knows her own history.

Emily James Smith Putnam

#4. I'm very anxious not to fall into archaism or 'literary' diction. I want my vocabulary to have a very large range, but the words must be alive.

James Agee

#5. For scientific endeavor is a natural whole the parts of which mutually support one another in a way which, to be sure, no one can anticipate.

Albert Einstein

#6. Gracious to all, to none subservient, Without offense he spoke the word he meant

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

#7. Real investment risk is measured not by the percent that a stock may decline in price in relation to the general market in a given period, but by the danger of a loss of quality and earnings power through economic changes or deterioration in management.

Benjamin Graham

#8. I have worked hard and learnt that I have to make a decision - whether I am going to conform and protect myself or not. I chose not to.

M. Night Shyamalan

#9. My books have taken me around the world, but it's time I stepped from the pages, so I can see it for myself

Rebecca Raisin

#10. Helping others is the way we help ourselves.

Oprah Winfrey

#11. Several years ago, I was getting drunk with four or five of the most powerful sorcerers in the Empire - like you do - when Daymar told a story.

Steven Brust