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No man forgets his original trade: the rights of nations and of kings sink into questions of grammar, if grammarians discuss them.

Samuel JohnsonEssayist, Poet, Biographer, Lexicographer, Critic (1709–1784)

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Truth be told, I am, in origin and essence, just white trash fortunate enough to know that Chippendale was a furnituremaker and not just a scantily clad firefighter at a bachelorette party.

Adam BondThe Auctor

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Another maxim, conducive to the perpetuating of our union, is the observing of a medium ... between inflexible adherence to existing enactments, and the countenancing of needless innovations.

William WhiteBishop of Philadelphia, Architect of the Episcopal Church (1784-1836)

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Truth must of necessity be stranger than fiction … for fiction is the creation of the human mind, and therefore is congenial to it.

G.K. ChestertonNovelist, Poet, Philosopher, Dramatist, Lay Theologian (1874-1936)

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Every morning I wake up and think good, another twenty-four hours' pipe-smoking.

J.R.R. TolkienWriter, Poet, Philologist, University Professor (1892-1973)