Famous Quotes
9 Quotations with Slang.
- 1. Ambrose Bierce: READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as a ...
- 2. Ambrose Bierce: SLANG, n. The grunt of the human hog (_Pignoramus intolerabilis_) with an audibl ...
- 3. G. K. Chesterton: All slang is a metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.
- 4. Carl Sandburg: Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to wo ...
- 5. Carl Sandburg: Slang is language which takes off its coat, spits on its hands - and goes to wor ...
- 6. Gilbert K. Chesterton: All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.
- 7. Raymond Chandler: I've found that there are only two kinds that are any good: slang that has estab ...
- 8. Anthony Burgess: The downtrodden, who are the great creators of slang.
- 9. Carl Sandburg: The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger ...