Latest Bill Walsh Quotes from Interviews

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• I have a sense of humor. I usually come off as very serious, but I definitely have a dry sense of humor.

  Bill Walsh

  Dry, Serious, Sense Of Humor

  "Shout Out: Bill Walsh, Hinsdale Central principal". Interview with Chuck Fieldman, www.chicagotribune.com. September 13, 2016.

• I often think about the class differences involved in "jobs" vs. "careers."

  Bill Walsh

  Jobs, Thinking, Class

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• On occasion I omit commas. On occasion, I use them. (The more you know about English, the less you're likely to think there are unbreakable "rules" for a lot of these things.)

  Bill Walsh

  Thinking, Unbreakable, Knows

  "Grammar Geekery With Bill Walsh". Live chat, live.washingtonpost.com. January 5, 2016.

• The proper use of commas is often more art than science.

  Bill Walsh

  Art, Use

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• 90 percent of the time the terms are misused or unnecessary. Not every image obtained from a computer is a screen shot.

  Bill Walsh

  Computer, Unnecessary, Shots

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• Everybody isn't everybody.

  Bill Walsh

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• I'm not one of those "omg texting kids rite bad" alarmists. I just think there's an interesting nexus where the Internet itself hastened language change when it comes to Internet terms.

  Bill Walsh

  Kids, Thinking, Interesting

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• The dash helps to indicate that the two thoughts are intimately related, and it's less stodgy than a semicolon, which would have performed the same function (and who talks in semicolons?).

  Bill Walsh

  Two, Helping, Function

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• My theory is that, just like with omitting a final comma in a list when not essential for meaning, publishers are trying to save paper and ink or pixels on-screen.

  Bill Walsh

  Trying, Pixels, Lists

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• We all know gifs are pronounced "jifs," right? Their creator says so, damn it!

  Bill Walsh

  Damn, Creator, Knows

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• There is a weird phenomenon where technology seems to be getting dumber in some ways as it gets smarter.

  Bill Walsh

  Technology, Way, Phenomenon

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com