Especially if that Neighbour is Mr. Collins

Well well, and what do we live for but do make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn.
-Indeed Mr. Bennet, that may be one aspect of life . . . a very good one at that.

Who uses whom?

As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler. -Calvin Trillin, writer.
- This is so true. What's wrong with using who?

Oh Yes.

There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all. -Robert Orben, magician (b. 1927)
-Hehe i just put this on here cz it makes me laugh. Hey, ya no, that's why they actually need such a large population in China. Hehe. Maybe it'd be easier to turn this into a quotes blog...

"Don't Worry, it's Cultural"

'Cultural’ sort of solves problems by explaining that they aren’t really there. (Terry Pratchett - Thief of Time)
-Hahah i thought about this and realised it was actually true to an extent.

This is a Footnote

A chocolate you did not want to eat does not count as a chocolate. This discovery is from the same branch of culinary physics that determined that food eaten while walking contains no calories. (T. Pratchett, Thief of Time)
-Oh dear, Terry Pratchett's books are very funny.

I *Think*

It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we read we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
-S. I. Hayakawa i think you're on to something. Just like Stephen Fry was onto something i think but that's on an entirely different matter.

AS A MATTER OF INTEREST: I've borrowed this book of quotes from writers about books. It is so aesome i am seriously considering buying it for myself.

Honestly...

It should not be possible to roll your double-yous.
-No Terry Pratchett it should not, whatever you say about John Smith having achieved it.

Hit the Nail on the Head

"In short, the beauty and poetry of many of the common things and daily events of life in its humblest aspect does not seem to me sufficiently appreciated."
-Elizabeth Gaskell . . . i like the way you thought as well as the way you wrote.

Ah Linguistics

If a creation of yours were talked of as "Awful, pompous and artificial" a long time ago (don't press me for dates), it would have been a nice compliment indeed!
-The etymology of the terms accounts for the change in meanings from "awe-inspiring, magnificent/splendid and made with art/skill" [respectively] to what they are today.

Etymology. Uhuh

Time changes all things: there is no reason why language should escape this universal law.
-Ferdinand de Saussure, i wish i could say i came up with this .... but that would just be lying.

Rudyard Kipling is so Awesome

If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
-Rudyard Kipling the board of studies should so adopt this policy.

TODAY: A tribute to to my brother's 'historical interest'

Ah Yes, Well In Theory

The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.
-Haha if only our teachers would adopt this philosphy Andrew Tannenbaum

TODAY: A tribute to my dad, who has a high standard for explaining things :)

"!"

To use bitter words when kind words are at hand is like picking unripe fruit when the ripe fruit is there.
-Oh Thiruvalluvar, you are so philosophic and so right.

I'm a Plain Eater Too

Too often i go to some lunch party and am presented with an exquisite froufrou creation when what i long for is the pasta the three-year-old sitting next to me is given.
-Nigella Lawson, i can so relate.