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David Crystal Quotes

The story of English spelling is the story of thousands of people - some well-known, most totally unknown - who left a permanent linguistic fingerprint on our orthography.

David Crystal

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: educator
Nationality: english
Birth: July 6, 1941

Topics

People Story Unknown Permanent Left

I'm a fiend for costume jewellery and have countless pairs of rhinestone or diamante earrings, which are so flattering when they catch the light. I love the designers Alexis Bittar and Kenneth Jay Lane, and I always go to jewellers Butler & Wilson.

Joan Collins

Love Light Earrings Go Always Lane

We remake 'Hamlet' all the time. That's sort of what we do, humans.

Joel Kinnaman

Time Humans Remake Sort Hamlet

TARP became so politicized that having money from it was almost like a scarlet letter. There were debates over compensation, worry that the rules were going to get changed. All the banks were desperately rushing to get that money back as soon as possible - in part, so they could pay themselves bonuses without any government restrictions.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

Money Government Worry Back Rules

I once ran away from home because I was upset with my parents! I didn't get farther than a few feet into the woods, where I hid behind a tree. Sometimes you feel like you should just go out and rebel, and then you realize it's not the right thing to do. You've got to stay true to your family.

Max Schneider

Family Home Tree Parents Woods Feet

I hate playing pretty or sane people. Most people are not attractive or all there.

Amy Sedaris

Hate People Pretty Playing Sane

I have the foundation to write, and then I go back and do research, and some of that might influence the recrafting of certain scenes.

Amor Towles

Research Influence Foundation Back

I do not identify as a person with a disability. I'm a disabled person. And I'll be a monkey's disabled uncle if I'm going to apologise for that.

Stella Young

Uncle Person Monkey Disability Going

My dad has a lot of foresight and decided that I would not do any shows in Mumbai till I became a singer and got to sing my own songs. He knew that if I started earning money from shows, I would not have the time and aggression to rough it out to become a singer.

Sonu Nigam

Time Money My Own Become Mumbai Out

After my arrival in Russia, I saw that there is a large community of boxers. I also felt appreciated in Russia. Maybe even a lot more than I was valued and appreciated in my own country.

Roy Jones Jr.

Community Country My Own More Own

I don't like to compare myself with anybody.

Don Rickles

Myself Like Compare Anybody

As a parent, I want my kids to have an optimistic outlook, and one that has hope, and that makes sense, where good does triumph over evil and it's not cynical, and it's not snarky.

Dee Bradley Baker

Good Hope Evil Parent Want Triumph

I weep at everything.

Chris Evans

Everything Weep