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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sometimes happiness is not knowing the whole story.

I am a bit of a hopeless romantic. I really do have a faith and a belief in love, and when I love, I love hard.

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

People are more used to seeing men who are masters at an instrument than women.

The reality is that if you always do what you've always done, you'll always be where you've always been.

I say to myself, sometimes the tide is just out. But it always comes back in again.

As part of our renewal - we need to fight problems, not just wait for them to take place.

The last living boy in America drops into my bedroom only he wants to be a monk. I think that pretty much sums up my life.

Dreams are a reservoir of knowledge and experience

It is not possible to foretell the reaction of certain elements in the Army and Navy.