71 Quotes About Punctuation

Punctuation marks are like road signs; without them we just may get lost...

-Nanette L. Avery

La punteggiatura è come l'elettroencefalogramma di un cervello che sogna - non dà le immagini ma rivela il ritmo del flusso sottostante.

-Andrea Moro

  • Author Terry Pratchett
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    What sort of person," said Salzella patiently, "sits down and writes a maniacal laugh? And all those exclamation marks, you notice? Five? A sure sign of someone who wears his underpants on his head. Opera can do that to a man.

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What sort of person," said Salzella patiently, "sits down and writes a maniacal laugh? And all those exclamation marks, you notice? Five? A sure sign of someone who wears his underpants on his head. Opera can do that to a man.

-Terry Pratchett

  • Author Stanley Victor Paskavich
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    It's two A.M. "To sleep or to write that is the question?" Whether it tis nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of my piss poor punctuation or take arms against a sea of keys with so many new possibilities.

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It's two A.M. "To sleep or to write that is the question?" Whether it tis nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of my piss poor punctuation or take arms against a sea of keys with so many new possibilities.

-Stanley Victor Paskavich

The almost-always-ghastly exclamation point has been lately compared to canned laughter.

-George Will

Punctuation is to words as cartilage is to bone, permitting articulation and bearing stress.

-John Lennard

Punctuation is the pragmatics of written language.

-M.B. Parkes

  • Author Billy Wilder
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    My Aunt Minnie would always be punctual and never hold up production, but who would pay to see my Aunt Minnie?

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My Aunt Minnie would always be punctual and never hold up production, but who would pay to see my Aunt Minnie?

-Billy Wilder

 

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