Terry Crowley quotes

“It seems that in almost all societies, the attitudes that people have to language change is basically the same. People everywhere tend to say that the older form of a language is in some sense 'better' than the form that is being used today.”
-- Terry Crowley

Source : Terry Crowley, Claire Bowern (2010). “An Introduction to Historical Linguistics”, p.18, Oxford University Press

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“I could send you a bone with a file in it, only you'd eat it.”
-- Terry Crowley

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“Not a man to mince words. People, yes. But not words.”
-- Terry Crowley

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“It's snowing still," said Eeyore gloomily. "So it is." "And freezing." "Is it?" "Yes," said Eeyore. "However," he said, brightening up a little, "we haven't had an earthquake lately.”

“We're not going to survive in this world, temporally or spiritually, without increased faith in the Lord-and I don't mean a positive mental attitude-I mean downright solid faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. That is the one thing that gives vitality and power to otherwise rather weak individuals.”

“We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.”

“[This is the] very first condition which has to be fulfilled in every kind of propaganda: a systematically one-sided attitude towards every problem that has to be dealt with...”

“Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are going?'. Answer: 'If you didn't know any geography, people would think you were an American, and you wouldn't be able to put them right because you wouldn't know where they live.'”

Source : A.A. Gill (2010). “Paper View: The Best of The Sunday Times Television Columns”, p.127, Hachette UK

“There's the South Pole, said Christopher Robin, and I expect there's an East Pole and a West Pole, though people don't like talking about them.”

“People who deal with life generously and large-heartedly go on multiplying relationships to the end.”

“The bells they sound on Bredon, And still the steeples hum. "Come all to church, good people"- Oh, noisy bells, be dumb; I hear you, I will come.”

“Whatever you do today you've got to sleep with tonight.”

“If you get to a point where something happens today to stress you out, take a breath & center your thoughts on peace. Ignored thoughts die.”