William Labov Quotes

It appears that the present-day form of African American English is not the inheritance of the period of slavery, but the creation of the second half of the 20th century.

William Labov

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 4, 1927

Topics

SlaveryAmericanCreationInheritance

I really used my own imagination a lot and made a number of suggestions during my tenure on 'Star Trek.'

Robert Picardo

ImaginationMy OwnOwnStarUsed

Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.

Ambrose Bierce

ReligionPlaceServeFrenchState

In my college years, I would retreat to our summer house for two weeks in June to read a novel a day. How exciting it was, after pouring my coffee and making myself comfortable on the porch, to open the next book on the roster, read the first sentences, and find myself on the platform of a train station.

Amor Towles

MyselfCoffeeDayCollegeBookFind

I really wanted to be a musician, but it turned out I had no sense of time.

Tom Perrotta

TimeNo SenseOutSenseMusician

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.

Robertson Davies

VisionFakeEasyNothingInner

I would give anything to sit down with my maternal grandmother and have a cup of tea and play Scrabble. She died 10 years ago.

Julia Stiles

TeaDownPlayGrandmotherSheYears

There's a certain feeling of giving, a certain feeling of generosity in love songs. When you sing a song of love, you're actually giving something to yourself, too. You're singing and casting these affirmations of love out into the universe. It resonates in your body in a way that feels extraordinary.

Jason Mraz

LoveYourselfGenerositySingingYou

I'm not a bad golfer, and I'm not the best, either.

Jose Pablo Cantillo

BestBadEitherGolfer

I'm an entertainer. I get up on stage and I try to make people enjoy my music, and that political arena - I'm going to stay out of it, right out.

Donny Osmond

MusicPeoplePoliticalEnjoyTryUp

I usually work 16-hour days.

Brooke Elliott

WorkDays

Our new app increases the exposure of Engel & Volkers' premier services and properties to the growing number of iPad users who are researching their real estate markets, locally and globally.

Anthony Hitt

Real EstateNewGrowingRealApp

Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

BeautifulMirrorPoetryWhichMakes

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