Richard Lederer Quotes

• There once was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled. This time was called the Dark Ages.

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  Atheist, Dark, People

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• Today we speak, but first we spoke; faucets leak, but never loke. Today we write, but first we wrote; we bite our tongues, but never bote.

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  Writing, Today, Tongue

  Richard Lederer (2010). “Crazy English”, p.137, Simon and Schuster

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• English language is the most universal language in history, way more than the Latin of Julius Caesar. Its the most punderful language because its vocabulary has a certain critical mass that makes a lingo good for punning.

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  Latin, Vocabulary, Way

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• The most colossal display of wise, inspiring,
  and humorous metaphors ever exhibited in one place.

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  Wise, Humorous, Metaphor

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• Quotations are powerful tools. Michel de Montaigne, the father of all essayists, observed, 'I quote others only to better express myself.' Intrepid quotations detective Ralph Keyes helps us to discover the clear truth about exactly what was said and who exactly said it.

  Richard Lederer

  Powerful, Father, Tools

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• It is indeed acceptable practice to sometimes split an infinitive. If infinitive-splitting makes available just the shade of meaning you desire or if avoiding the separation creates a confusing ambiguity or patent artificiality, you are entitled to happily go ahead and split!

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  Writing, Practice, Confusing

  Richard Lederer (2012). “Lederer on Language: A Celebration of English, Good Grammar, and Wordplay”, p.58, Marion Street Press

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• In A Midnight Carol Patricia Davis illuminates the dark and brilliant humanity of Charles Dickens -- the man who lived a rags-to-riches life more remarkable than any of his stories.

  Richard Lederer

  Dark, Men, Humanity

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• When I travel on an airplane, I like to be served TWA milk and TWA coffee. But I love to be served TWA tea.

  Richard Lederer

  Coffee, Airplane, Tea

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