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Letter "B" » Bill Bryson Quotes
«We are so used to the notion of our own inevitability as life's dominant species that it is hard to grasp that we are only here because of timely extraterrestrial bangs and other random flukes.»
Author: Bill Bryson
(Writer)
| Keywords:
at random, bangs, dominant, extraterrestrial, fluke, inevitability, random
«To an American the whole purpose of living, the one constant confirmation of continued existence, is to cram as much sensual pleasure as possible into one's mouth more or less continually. Gratification, instant and lavish, is a birthright.»
Author: Bill Bryson
(Writer)
| Keywords:
an American, birthright, confirmation, confirmations, continually, continued, cram, crammed, cramming, crams, gratification, instant gratification, lavish, lavished, lavishing, more or less, sensual
«English grammar is so complex and confusing for the one very simple reason that its rules and terminology are based on Latin -- a language with which it has precious little in common. In Latin, to take one example, it is not possible to split an infinitive. So in English, the early authorities decided, it should not be possible to split an infinitive either. But there is no reason why we shouldn't, any more than we should forsake instant coffee and air travel because they weren't available to the Romans. Making English grammar conform to Latin rules is like asking people to play baseball using the rules of football. It is a patent absurdity. But once this insane notion became established, grammarians found themselves having to draw up ever more complicated and circular arguments to accommodate the inconsistencies.»
Author: Bill Bryson
(Writer)
| Keywords:
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«You can always tell a Midwestern couple in Europe because they will be standing in the middle of a busy intersection looking at a wind-blown map and arguing over which way is west. European cities, with their wandering streets and undisciplined alleys, drive Midwesterners practically insane.»
Author: Bill Bryson
(Writer)
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alleys, arguing, blown, cities, couple, Europe, European, intersection, map, Middle West, midwestern, practically, undisciplined, wandering, West, west wind
«Germans are flummoxed by humor, the Swiss have no concept of fun, the Spanish think there is nothing at all ridiculous about eating dinner at midnight, and the Italians should never, ever have been let in on the invention of the motor car.»
«A bank robber in Los Angeles told the clerk not to give him cash, but to deposit the money in his checking account.»
Author: Bill Bryson
(Writer)
| Keywords:
Angeles, bank clerk, bank robber, cash, checking, checking account, clerk, clerking, deposit, deposited, depositing, deposits, robber
«The whole of the global economy is based on supplying the cravings of teo per cent of the world's population.»
Author: Bill Bryson
(Writer)
| Keywords:
cent, cravings, economy, global, Global economy, PER, per cent, population, supplying
«Clearly, some time ago makers and consumers of American junk food passed jointly through some kind of sensibility barrier in the endless quest for new taste sensations. Now they are a little like those desperate junkies who have tried every known drug and are finally reduced to mainlining toilet bowl cleanser in an effort to get still higher.»
«Boston's freeway system is insane. It was clearly designed by a person who had spent his childhood crashing toy trains.»
Author: Bill Bryson
(Writer)
«Nothing gives the English more pleasure, in a quiet but determined sort of way, than to do things oddly.»
Author: Bill Bryson
(Writer)
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