#word

LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites. ↗

— Henry Fielding

#appetites #applied #delight #favorite #kinds

A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not. ↗

— Henry Fielding

#consists #just #news #newspaper #number

I still have enough faith in language to believe that if I place enough words next to each other on the page, they will start to speak with sounds of their own. ↗

— Dexter Palmer

#dream-of-perpetual-motion #english #language #the-written-word #writing

My favorite books are a constantly changing list, but one favorite has remained constant: the dictionary. Is the word I want to use spelled practice or practise? The dictionary knows. The dictionary also slows down my writing because it is such interesting reading that I am distracted. ↗

— Beverly Cleary

#am #because #books #changing #constant

I like all things grammatical, and I had already written several books about parts of speech, and even the alphabet, so everything that makes up a sentence and even a word was covered except for punctuation. ↗

— Brian P. Cleary

#all things #alphabet #already #books #covered

Kids enjoy laughing and are seldom bored when they find something funny. They also ask questions, often to adults, because they understand that the more words they can comprehend about a funny story or a joke, the more they'll enjoy it. ↗

— Brian P. Cleary

#also #ask #because #bored #comprehend

When a kid can understand that a word can mean two things, there's some real thinking going on. They have a vested interest in finding out what a word means, because it's the punch line to a joke. ↗

— Brian P. Cleary

#finding #going #interest #joke #kid

Who would name their kid Jack with the last words 'off' at the end of the last name? No wonder that guy is screwed up. ↗

— George Clooney

#guy #jack #kid #last #name

The highest political buzz word is not liberty, equality, fraternity or solidarity; it is service. ↗

— Arthur Hugh Clough

#equality #fraternity #highest #liberty #political

I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet. ↗

— Jack Vance

#checks #enormous #gotten #haven #i