When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.

Quote by Thomas W Higginson

Topics: Grammar Quotes

Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges.

Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges.

The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of...

The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of...

When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.

When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.

Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.

Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a...

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a...

The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of...

The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of...

Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.

Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense...

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense...

A lot of my humor does come from anger. It's like, you're not gonna pull...

A lot of my humor does come from anger. It's like, you're not gonna pull...

I really hate sitcoms on television with canned laughter and stuff. What really makes me...

I really hate sitcoms on television with canned laughter and stuff. What really makes me...

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

When humor is meant to be taken seriously, it's no joke.

When humor is meant to be taken seriously, it's no joke.

It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached...

It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached...

There was a time I was very much blaming the way I felt on L.A,...

There was a time I was very much blaming the way I felt on L.A,...

It is easier to restrain wild donkeys (Democrats) than to raise a dead elephant (Republicans)

It is easier to restrain wild donkeys (Democrats) than to raise a dead elephant (Republicans)

If you try to watch the movie Titanic backwards...it's actually about a magical boat that...

If you try to watch the movie Titanic backwards...it's actually about a magical boat that...

Good humor isn't a trait of character; it is an art which requires practice.

Good humor isn't a trait of character; it is an art which requires practice.

And to answer the question that people have about this conspiracy theory that he has...

And to answer the question that people have about this conspiracy theory that he has...

When I saw you, I saw love. When I saw you naked, I saw lust....

When I saw you, I saw love. When I saw you naked, I saw lust....

Humor is everywhere, in that there's irony in just about anything a human does.

Humor is everywhere, in that there's irony in just about anything a human does.