A linguistics professor was lecturing his class.
“In English,” he explained, “a double
negative forms a positive. In some languages, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However,” the professor continued, “there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative.”
A voice from the back of the room piped up, “Yeah, right.”
Language is a virus from outer space. - William S Burroughs
A riot is the language of the unheard. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
I'm a supporter of my free speech. - Howard Stern
Music is the universal language of mankind. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Discretion in speech is more than eloquence. - Francis Bacon
Speech is the vestibule to the palace of love. - Jami of Persia
English Wrestling Champion: A lord of the ring - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
I have often regretted my speech, never my silence. - Xenocrates
Free speech is a great idea, but we're in a war. - Lindsey Graham
Language exerts hidden power, like a moon on the tides. - Rita Mae Brown
The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech. - Clifton Fadiman
A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence. - Pythagoras
All poetry is a reproduction of the tones of actual speech. - Robert Frost
A sage thing is timely silence, and better than any speech. - Plutarch
We need a president who's fluent in at least one language. - Buck Henry
There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. - John Millington Synge
Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. - William Butler Yeats
Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends. - Alphonse de Lamartine
Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. - Thomas Carlyle
A bore is one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation. - Benjamin Desraeli
The most beautiful words in the English language are "cheque enclosed". - Dorothy Parker
If you cannot understand me in my speech, how can you understand me in my silence? - Ravi Zacharias
Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson: you find the present tense, but the past perfect. - Owens L. Pomeroy
My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe. - Jimmy Durante
Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree. - Ezra Pound
The funniest line in English is "Get it?" When you say that, everyone chortles. - Garrison Keillor
A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. - Ingrid Bergman
A person's name is, to that person, the sweetest, most important sound in any language. - Dale Carnegie
Language is our meeting place, the sea we live in... it is the common ground of our humanity. - Toby Wolfe
If we do not believe in freedom of speech for those we despise, we do not believe in it at all. - Noam Chomsky
Although he tortures the English language, he has not yet succeeded in forcing it to reveal its meaning. - J B Morton
No bum that can't speak poifect English oughta stay in this country - oughta be de-exported the hell outta here! - Archie Bunker
Already, companies that speak in the language of the pitch, the dog-and-pony show, are no longer speaking to anyone. - Unknown
Isn't it a very curious thing that St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland an' the English brought in the fleas. - Frank McCourt
Charity, good behaviour, amiable speech, unselfishness - these by the chief sage have been declared the elements of popularity. - Burmese Proverb
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are,
"I'm from the government and I'm here to help." - Ronald Reagan
The symbolic language of the crucifixion is the death of the old paradigm; resurrection is a leap into a whole new way of thinking. - Deepak Chopra
Heard about the young deaf boy who used sign language?
One day he told his mother a dirty joke and she washed his hands out with soap. - Red Skelton
Music is a language that doesn't speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it's in the bones, it's in the bones. - Keith Richards
Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something entirely different. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A riot is the language of the unheard. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
I'm a supporter of my free speech. - Howard Stern
Music is the universal language of mankind. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Discretion in speech is more than eloquence. - Francis Bacon
Speech is the vestibule to the palace of love. - Jami of Persia
English Wrestling Champion: A lord of the ring - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
I have often regretted my speech, never my silence. - Xenocrates
Free speech is a great idea, but we're in a war. - Lindsey Graham
Language exerts hidden power, like a moon on the tides. - Rita Mae Brown
The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech. - Clifton Fadiman
A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence. - Pythagoras
All poetry is a reproduction of the tones of actual speech. - Robert Frost
A sage thing is timely silence, and better than any speech. - Plutarch
We need a president who's fluent in at least one language. - Buck Henry
There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. - John Millington Synge
Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. - William Butler Yeats
Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends. - Alphonse de Lamartine
Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. - Thomas Carlyle
A bore is one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation. - Benjamin Desraeli
The most beautiful words in the English language are "cheque enclosed". - Dorothy Parker
If you cannot understand me in my speech, how can you understand me in my silence? - Ravi Zacharias
Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson: you find the present tense, but the past perfect. - Owens L. Pomeroy
My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe. - Jimmy Durante
Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree. - Ezra Pound
The funniest line in English is "Get it?" When you say that, everyone chortles. - Garrison Keillor
A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. - Ingrid Bergman
A person's name is, to that person, the sweetest, most important sound in any language. - Dale Carnegie
Language is our meeting place, the sea we live in... it is the common ground of our humanity. - Toby Wolfe
If we do not believe in freedom of speech for those we despise, we do not believe in it at all. - Noam Chomsky
Although he tortures the English language, he has not yet succeeded in forcing it to reveal its meaning. - J B Morton
No bum that can't speak poifect English oughta stay in this country - oughta be de-exported the hell outta here! - Archie Bunker
Already, companies that speak in the language of the pitch, the dog-and-pony show, are no longer speaking to anyone. - Unknown
Isn't it a very curious thing that St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland an' the English brought in the fleas. - Frank McCourt
Charity, good behaviour, amiable speech, unselfishness - these by the chief sage have been declared the elements of popularity. - Burmese Proverb
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are,
"I'm from the government and I'm here to help." - Ronald Reagan
The symbolic language of the crucifixion is the death of the old paradigm; resurrection is a leap into a whole new way of thinking. - Deepak Chopra
Heard about the young deaf boy who used sign language?
One day he told his mother a dirty joke and she washed his hands out with soap. - Red Skelton
Music is a language that doesn't speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it's in the bones, it's in the bones. - Keith Richards
Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something entirely different. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Cyberbulbs
Double Negative Education
First Impressions
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One Thousand Words
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Punctuation Matters
The Importance of Correct Punctuation
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