Crystal Quotes

Photoshop is an art, and you can do a lot with it. Change the atmosphere through different lighting and make the pictures look more interesting.

Don't it make my brown eyes blue?

Language changes and moves in a different direction evolving all the time. Where a lot of people see deterioration, I see expressive development

But the Dark cannot claim what Light does not surrender.

Language has no independent existence apart from the people who use it. It is not an end in itself; it is a means to an end of understanding who you are and what society is like.

Language itself changes slowly but the internet has speeded up the process of those changes so you notice them more quickly.

Change is such hard work.

Research shows that those kids who text frequently are more likely to be the most literate and the best spellers, because you have to know how to manipulate language.

At any one time language is a kaleidoscope of styles, genres and dialects.

It is all right for the lion and the lamb to lie down together if they are both asleep, but if one of them begins to get active, it is dangerous.

Never regret anything you have been through, because only with those trials will you become a better person the next day.

Grammar is what gives sense to language .... sentences make words yield up their meaning. Sentences actively create sense in language. And the business of the study of sentences is grammar.

Although many texters enjoy breaking linguistic rules, they also know they need to be understood.

My granddaughter's birth has made me want to create things she will love.

A feature of English that makes it different compared with all other languages is its global spread.

In effect we are, bending and breaking the rules of the language. And if someone were to ask why we do it, the answer is simply: for fun

Spellings are made by people. Dictionaries - eventually - reflect popular choices.

Anyone interested in language ends up writing about the sociological issues around it.

The internet is an amazing medium for languages.

A good deal of tyranny goes by the name of protection.

Text messaging is just the most recent focus of people's anxiety; what people are really worried about is a new generation gaining control of what they see as their language.

I could fall in love with a supernatural creature because I think it's hot having super powers and being a little bit of a badass.

The average man has a carefully cultivated ignorance about household matters - from what to do with the crumbs to the grocer's telephone number - a sort of cheerful inefficiency which protects him.

Nothing can take the sting out of the world’s economic problems like watching millionaires present each other with golden statues.

Honesty in art inspires and moves me. I am passionate about creating truthful experiences as much as I love being the spectator to a brilliant body of work.

At 60, I could do the same things I could do at 30, if I could only remember what those things are.

It used to be that Nashville would work to develop promising artists.

Nashville used to have more integrity than just looking at the bottom line.

Swearing makes an excellent relief mechanism

Texting has added a new dimension to language use, but its long-term impact is negligible. It is not a disaster.

By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.

I'm going to go on just living and laughing and loving.

The story of English spelling is the story of thousands of people - some well-known, most totally unknown - who left a permanent linguistic fingerprint on our orthography.

I think there's something to be said for being physical in acting.

Well, maybe surf one time; I think it would be fun to catch a wave just once.

What's so fascinating and frustrating and great about life is that you're constantly starting over, all the time, and I love that.

It is better to look good than to feel good.

I'm not interested in fame at all.

I don't care if people know who I am or if I make a ton of money, I just love my work so much.

To be good, you need to believe in what you're doing.

Psychology was going to be my minor in college. I've always been really interested in the human mind, which is probably why I'm an actor.

The secret to scooping ice cream is all about the scooper. You have to dip it in water before and after every scoop. Then it just rolls off.

I absolutely believe that when one goes on vacation, it should be pure decadence.

I hope that's how it is on every set - or that Teen Wolf goes on forever! Our cast is so honest with each other. There's no drama. There's no judgment. We just click. It's like a family.

There’s something to be said about sitting in front of the TV and being removed from your own life and just pushed into another one.

Vocabulary is a matter of word-building as well as word-using.

A laugh is a weird sound, and when you get a couple thousand people making it at once, it's really strange. But when I can feel proud of myself for causing it, it's great.

You give up your dream, you give up.

Sending a message on a mobile phone is not the most natural of ways to communicate. The keypad isn't linguistically sensible.

Acting is really therapeutic for me, personally. That's something that I'll always remember. I don't know how it's going to look, but I gave it my heart and soul.