Source: The Sirens of Titan (1959), Chapter 2 “Cheers in the Wirehouse” (p. 45; epigram)
“With educated people, I suppose, punctuation is a matter of rule; with me it is a matter of feeling. But I must say I have a great respect for the semicolin; it's a useful little chap”
Last update Oct. 1, 2023.
History
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Do you have more details about the quote "With educated people, I suppose, punctuation is a matter of rule; with me it is a matter of feeling. But I must say I h…" by Abraham Lincoln?
Abraham Lincoln 618
16th President of the United States 1809–1865Related quotes
Ronnie Drew
(1934–2008) Irish musician
Source: Ronnie (2008, posthumous), p. 196; Quoting from Sunday Times, June 2000
“And so it goes, it's the Devil I suppose
But it doesn't matter much to me.”
The Ghost.
A→B Life (2002)
Maria Callas
(1923–1977) American-born Greek operatic soprano
Television interview with Norman Ross, Chicago (17 November 1957)
Marshall McLuhan
(1911–1980) Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor of English literature, a literary critic, and a …
(1957) from "Classroom Without Walls", Explorations Vol. 7, 1957; reprinted in Explorations in Communication ed. E. Carpenter & M. McLuhan, (Boston: Beacon, 1960); and again in McLuhan: Hot and Cool ed. G. E. Stearn (NY: Dial, 1967).
1960s, Hot & Cool (1967)
“Ah! Don't say you agree with me. When people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.”
Oscar Wilde
(1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
This also appears in Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), Act II
The Critic as Artist (1891), Part II
“And it doesn’t even matter if it’s true or not. What matters is that I feel it, and believe it.”
David Levithan
book
Every Day
Variant: I feel the universe is telling me something. And it doesn't even matter if it's true or not. What matters is that I feel it, and believe it.
Source: Every Day