Quotes by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth. >>

What a comfort a dull but kindly person is, to be sure, at times! A gr >>

The minute a phrase, becomes current, it becomes an apology for not th >>

Quotations about Language

Might, could, would --they are contemptible auxiliaries. >>

Language is the pedigree of nations. >>

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. >>

Life and language are alike sacred. Homicide and verbicide --that is, violent treatment of a word with fatal results to its legitimate meaning, which is its life --are alike forbidden.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell