David Crystal Quotes
English does have a larger vocabulary than other languages because of its history as the primary language of science and its global reach.
Quotes to Explore
-
Through the history of rock n' roll, you see lots of bands making the mistake of putting on the tights when they get to arenas. Don't do that.
-
Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.
-
I live for my work, apart from my family who come first. And I live to tell stories and pretend to be other people, it's something I've been doing since I was 3 years old. Maybe it's because I'm intrinsically bored with myself, and I find other people more interesting.
-
Brandon Boyd of Incubus is hot, but he's too pretty.
-
I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.
-
I enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.
-
Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.
-
You can be funny and say what you mean; these ideas are not mutually exclusive. Some of the best jokes came from people who meant it. See: Pryor, Bruce, Carlin, etc.
-
In nerve-free multicellular organisms, the relationships of the cells to each other can only be of a chemical nature. In multicellular organisms with nerve systems, the nerve cells only represent cells like any others, but they have extensions suited to the purpose which they serve, namely the nerves.
-
I meet everybody. If somebody invites me to their house and they got a drum set close, I'm going to play, man. Let's jam. I don't care. Get in where you fit in and enjoy the experience.
-
I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it.
-
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
-
In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.
-
I was angry but not at God. I feel that you are closer to God when you are messed up. Definitely. That's when you most need God, and God cannot control what man does.
-
If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
-
If you tell the truth about how you're feeling, it becomes funny.
-
I like spending time with my husband.
-
Since my life has been wayward and impulsive, always a search for something that is not there, and then disillusionment, I believe I need all the excuses I can make.
-
Sometimes you do have people who are great at curating; sometimes you have people curating who don't know what they're do.
-
My views on music, and life in general, are completely out of step with everything that's going on. I've always been out of step. The only thing that interests me is history, reviewing the past and making something out of it.
-
I believe Ted Cruz is the right candidate for the right time in our country's history. A proven leader and a consistent conservative who will fight the Washington cartel and stand up for the American people.
-
Bob Mueller's entire history is as a tenacious prosecutor. And so he will follow the Russia investigation wherever it leads. But the good news for Donald Trump is, he's also the only person perhaps in America who could end up declaring that there's no there there, and having people believe that.
-
On most lines, making a sale without making a convert does not count for much. Sales made by conviction - by advertising - are likely to bring permanent customers. People who buy through casual recommendations often do not stick.
-
English does have a larger vocabulary than other languages because of its history as the primary language of science and its global reach.
