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David Crystal Quotes

How do you spell the name of the Irish prime minister? It sounds like 'teeshuck', but we spell it 'taoiseach.' We respect foreign spellings these days - a sign of our more egalitarian times, perhaps.

David Crystal

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Respect Name You More Irish Days

When a country doesn't have a good economic infrastructure, that harms the country. With Stripe, the idea is that by providing better infrastructure, by linking the Internet economically, by making it easier for these online businesses to exist, it'll make the web better.

John Collison

Good Internet Better Country Web

I think 'community,' in the sense in which politicians use, it is largely a cant term.

John Lanchester

Community Think Politicians Sense

I don't want just attitude and loud opinion.

John J. McLaughlin

Attitude Opinion Want Just Loud

Tolerating organized crime promotes the cheap philosophy that everything is a racket. It promotes cynicism among adults. It contributes to the confusion of the young and to the increase of juvenile delinquency.

Robert Kennedy

Philosophy Young Crime Confusion

I feel mindless comedies make you relax - there are times when I come from shooting and watch comedy shows; they really change my mood.

Anita Hassanandani Reddy

Change Relax Feel Comedy You Mood

To read the Bible is of itself a laudable occupation and can scarcely fail of being a useful employment of time; but the habit of reflecting upon what you have read is equally essential as than of reading itself, to give it all the efficacy of which it is susceptible.

John Quincy Adams

Time Habit Bible Reading You Fail

'Killer Joe' provides a lot of red meat for the theater. Pam MacKinnon is the perfect director to shepherd a group of actors who share a certain bloodlust.

Tracy Letts

Red Perfect Group Director Meat Who

The only person really at risk at any of my talks is me.

Milo Yiannopoulos

Me Person Risk Only Any Really

Even a total and universal disarmament does not guarantee the maintenance of peace.

Ludwig Quidde

Peace Maintenance Universal Guarantee

If you do cardio one day and the next day you can do weights, do it that way. If you need to do it at night or in the morning, do it that way. Whatever you need to get it done, just get it done.

LL Cool J

Morning Day Night You Done Way

I'm a sucker for 'When Harry Met Sally' and all that romantic stuff.

Jason Fuchs

Romantic Stuff Sucker Met Sally

Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return.

Josh Billings

Men Economy Pennies Return Drop Get