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.”
Silence is safer than speech. - Epictetus
Language is a virus from outer space. - William S Burroughs
A riot is the language of the unheard. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Speech is the small change of silence. - George Meredith
The eyes have one language everywhere. - George Herbert
Dance is the hidden language of the soul. - Martha Graham
Speech is of time; silence is of eternity. - Thomas Carlyle
I am the Roman Emperor and am above grammar. - Emperor Sigismund
Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors. - Alice Walker
I will not down to posterity talking bad grammar. - Benjamin Disraeli
Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts. - Charles de Talleyrand
I have often regretted my speech, never my silence. - Xenocrates
You don't have good grammar when you type with your fists. - C.F. Payne
Reality can be lost when reason and language have been violated. - Ravi Zacharias
All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity. - Gordie Howe
Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. - William Butler Yeats
England and America are two countries separated by a common language. - George Bernard Shaw
Silence is the language of God; it is also the language of the heart. - Sivananda
There are ways of singing in English that are not just the same as in French. - Coeur de Pirate
No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut. - Sam Rayburn
The English should give Ireland home rule - and reserve the motion picture rights. - Will Rogers
I think of myself as being Jewish and Irish, despite the fact that I'm English. - Daniel Radcliffe
The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it. - Learned hand
"The Hunchback Of Notre Dame" had the big fat English actor, Charles Lawson. - Archie Bunker
Speak when you're angry and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret. - L.J. Peter
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. - Soren Kierkegaard
The funniest line in English is "Get it?" When you say that, everyone chortles. - Garrison Keillor
Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language. - H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
At no time is freedom of speech more precious than when a man hits his thumb with a hammer. - Marshall Lumsden
Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws. - Moliere
If we do not believe in freedom of speech for those we despise, we do not believe in it at all. - Noam Chomsky
Fashion is free speech, and one of the privileges, if not always one of the pleasures, of a free world. - Alison Lurie
To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker. - Frederick Douglass
No bum that can't speak poifect English oughta stay in this country - oughta be de-exported the hell outta here! - Archie Bunker
If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized. - Oscar Wilde
The ability to speak several languages is an asset, but the ability to keep your mouth shut in any language is priceless. - Unknown
Englishmen learn Christ's law best in English. Moses heard God's law in his own tongue; so did Christ's apostles. - John Wycliffe
It is Ireland's sacred duty to send over, every few years, a playwright to save the English theatre from inarticulate glumness. - Kenneth Tynan
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
Always try to use the language so as to make quite clear what you mean and make sure your sentence couldn't mean anything else. - C S Lewis
Language is a virus from outer space. - William S Burroughs
A riot is the language of the unheard. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Speech is the small change of silence. - George Meredith
The eyes have one language everywhere. - George Herbert
Dance is the hidden language of the soul. - Martha Graham
Speech is of time; silence is of eternity. - Thomas Carlyle
I am the Roman Emperor and am above grammar. - Emperor Sigismund
Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors. - Alice Walker
I will not down to posterity talking bad grammar. - Benjamin Disraeli
Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts. - Charles de Talleyrand
I have often regretted my speech, never my silence. - Xenocrates
You don't have good grammar when you type with your fists. - C.F. Payne
Reality can be lost when reason and language have been violated. - Ravi Zacharias
All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity. - Gordie Howe
Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. - William Butler Yeats
England and America are two countries separated by a common language. - George Bernard Shaw
Silence is the language of God; it is also the language of the heart. - Sivananda
There are ways of singing in English that are not just the same as in French. - Coeur de Pirate
No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut. - Sam Rayburn
The English should give Ireland home rule - and reserve the motion picture rights. - Will Rogers
I think of myself as being Jewish and Irish, despite the fact that I'm English. - Daniel Radcliffe
The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it. - Learned hand
"The Hunchback Of Notre Dame" had the big fat English actor, Charles Lawson. - Archie Bunker
Speak when you're angry and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret. - L.J. Peter
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. - Soren Kierkegaard
The funniest line in English is "Get it?" When you say that, everyone chortles. - Garrison Keillor
Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language. - H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
At no time is freedom of speech more precious than when a man hits his thumb with a hammer. - Marshall Lumsden
Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws. - Moliere
If we do not believe in freedom of speech for those we despise, we do not believe in it at all. - Noam Chomsky
Fashion is free speech, and one of the privileges, if not always one of the pleasures, of a free world. - Alison Lurie
To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker. - Frederick Douglass
No bum that can't speak poifect English oughta stay in this country - oughta be de-exported the hell outta here! - Archie Bunker
If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized. - Oscar Wilde
The ability to speak several languages is an asset, but the ability to keep your mouth shut in any language is priceless. - Unknown
Englishmen learn Christ's law best in English. Moses heard God's law in his own tongue; so did Christ's apostles. - John Wycliffe
It is Ireland's sacred duty to send over, every few years, a playwright to save the English theatre from inarticulate glumness. - Kenneth Tynan
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
Always try to use the language so as to make quite clear what you mean and make sure your sentence couldn't mean anything else. - C S Lewis
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