Sentence Length Quotes

#1. Maximum sentence length: seventeen words. Minimum:one No semicolons. Semicolons indicate relationships that only idiots need defined by punctuation. Besides, they are ugly. Make sure each sentence is at least four words longer or shorter than the one before it.

Richard Hugo

#2. My dog's name is Tucker, and his DNA is unidentifiable and suspect.

Bruce Cameron

#3. There is no one way to render an idea. Let's explore how masters of the sentence play with length and style to make their sentences distinctive.

Constance Hale

#4. So now get up.'
Felled, dazed, silent, he has fallen; knocked full length on the cobbles of the yard. His head turns sideways; his eyes are turned toward the gate, as if someone might arrive to help him out. One blow, properly placed, could kill him now.

Hilary Mantel

#5. ....tradition gives the one thing many shapes.

W.B.Yeats

#6. To be able to play somebody that says and does pretty much whatever he wants is great.

Michael Rapaport

#7. As self-knowledge develops, we begin to care more about what we think and less about what others ask of us. We

Charles Hayes

#8. There is no minimum length for a sentence that's acceptable in the eyes of God.

William Zinsser

#9. Hating hurts the hater the most. Hating is not a salve for the wounded soul, it is an abrasive that keeps the soul wounded and raw and oversensitive.

Jack R. Rose

#10. You can get everything money will buy without a lick of character, but you can't get any of the things money won't buy: happiness, joy, peace of mind, winning relationships, etc., without character.

Zig Ziglar

#11. Not to just say you need to be a good person - but, better, find the good that you already have in yourself and don't deny that, don't let the world talk you out of the good things because it's not hip or cool. Sooner or later, you have to live with yourself.

Martha Williamson

#12. It is well with my soul.

Horatio G. Spafford

#13. I would also love to visit the Asian countries soon.

Matt Lanter

#14. The great thing about films is that you have access to this whole world of experts who teach you the skills your character's supposed to have.

Joseph Fiennes

#15. I usually do at least a dozen drafts and progressively make more-conscious decisions. Because I've always believed stories are closer to poems than novels, I spend a lot of time on the story's larger rhythms, such as sentence and paragraph length, placement of flashbacks and dialogue.

Ron Rash