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What about some interesting quotes?

hw6 — 2014-01-20 14:56:00 UTC

Post some quotes and comment on why they're interesting...

“This is the type of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put.”

hw6 — 2014-01-20 15:01:02 UTC

Winston Churchill illustrating how awkward it is to follow arbitrary grammar rules. He is following the rule not to end with a preposition ("with"). Halla

"So it’s not gonna be easy. It’s gonna be really hard. We’re gonna have to work at this every day, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, you and me, every day…"

2014-01-20 17:49:41 UTC

Ryan Gosling's character in "The Notebook" expressing his love to Rachel McAdams'. The use of "gonna" could highlight the class differences between the couple which fuels the disapproval of her parents. It could also highlight the fact that this a true expression of love, something that could not expressed in a standard way. Angelica King.

"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

2014-01-21 12:26:03 UTC

- Terry Pratchett

I like this because, as Pratchett often does, it is a common expression but modified so as to subvert expectations, introducing humor to what is otherwise a boring and overused phrase.

Isaac H