Quotes of Slang - somelinesforyou

“ Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work. ”

- Carl Sandburg

“ All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry. ”

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

“ I've found that there are only two kinds that are any good: slang that has established itself in the language, and slang that you make up yourself. Everything else is apt to be passe before it gets into print. ”

- Raymond Chandler

“ All slang is a metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry. ”

- G. K. Chesterton

“ Slang is language which takes off its coat, spits on its hands - and goes to work. ”

- Carl Sandburg

“ The downtrodden, who are the great creators of slang. ”

- Anthony Burgess

“ The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect. ”

- Carl Sandburg

“ Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel. ”

- Thomas Hardy

“ By such innovations are languages enriched: when the words are adopted by the multitude and naturalized by custom. ”

- Miguel de Cervantes

“ Slang is a poor man's poetry. ”

- John Moore
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