“I have known writers who paid no damned attention whatever to the rules of grammar and rhetoric and somehow made the language behave for them.” MadeLanguageAttentionKnownPaidBehaveRhetoricGrammar Author:Red Smith
“We ought always to conform to the manners of the greater number, and so behave as not to draw attention to ourselves. Excess either way shocks, and every man truly wise ought to attend to this in his dress as well as language, never to be affected in anything and follow without being in too great haste the changes of fashion.” MenWayWellsLanguageNumbersAttentionGreaterWiseFashionHe ManOughtDrawsDressesEvery ManMannersBehaveShockAffectedExcessConformHaste Author:Moliere
“... there's a large core of powerlessness which is balanced against the unwritten contract that says that if you behave, you'll be okay. No wonder people pay so much attention to knowing the rules, to knowing the right people, to not making waves, to never making errors -- to not risking, trying, innovating.” PeopleIfsTryingPayAttentionWonderKnowingOkayErrorsWaveCoreBehaveContractsBalancedPowerlessnessUnwritten Author:Judith M Bardwick