Quotes by Glasgow, Ellen

He knows so little and knows it so fluently. >>

Some women like to sit down with trouble as if it were knitting. >>

I haven't much opinion of words. They're apt to set fire to a dry tong >>

Quotations about Words

My general theory since 1971 has been that the word is literally a vir >>

Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs. >>

Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagina >>

I haven't much opinion of words. They're apt to set fire to a dry tongue, that's what I say.

Glasgow, Ellen