Word Ways
Abstract
In my library I have several volumes of collected quotations, both familiar and unfamiliar. I recently decided to dig up some quotations that might be of interest to readers of Word Ways -- quotations about words, language, speech, dictionaries and so on. Forty of the quotations are given in this article. Savor them, think about them; do you agree with each quotation? or disagree? Some of the quotations seem to be contradicted by others -- for example, look at the first two in the list below. However, such contradictions should only serve to make the quotations more enjoyable.
Recommended Citation
Francis, Darryl
(1979)
"Quotable Quotes,"
Word Ways: Vol. 12
:
Iss.
4
, Article 18.
Retrieved from:
https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol12/iss4/18