I'd start to explain with the outward sheepish and inner pride of the nerd.

Thousands of miles from Georgia, beginning that night in England, my dad became a foreign-language speaker to me – and I was utterly charmed by it. I found the foreigner in myself.

Arguments about language are usually arguments about politics, disguised and channeled through one of our most distinctive markers of identity.

There is really only one way to learn good writing: good reading and extensive writing and revising.

Yesterday's abomination is today's rule.

If you look at the historical record, you will find that language has always been in decline. Which means, really, and it never has.

Too many people are too angry about language too much of the time. This time could be better spent listening, learning, and enjoying the vast variety of human language around them.

His captivating speech came not from his grammar or vocabulary but from the joy he took in wielding them well.

No matter where it is in the sky... No matter where you are in the world... the moon is never bigger than your thumb. -John

If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh.

We have shown that it is possible to create a radioactivity characterized by the emission of positive or negative electrons in boron and magnesium by bombardment with alpha rays.

As we enter this election year, let’s not forget the most important decision anyone can make-choosing Christ.

Keep a space where God can let something totally new take place.

If you are not offending people, then you are not an evangelist.

We must put up with clothes as they are they have their reason for existing. They are on us to expose us to advertise what we wear them to conceal.

You cannot barter manhood for peace.

I often do very serious roles, but really I am a big clown.

Proclaim the Word more and argue about it less.