Syllable Quotes

There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true inflections of spoken English, but with not one recognizable syllable.

I loathe hecklers. I haven't got a good syllable to say. When you come out of the club circuit and into the concert hall, they should be gone. There's an element of manners that should tell you that the ticket is dear and it's a different venue.

The aim of the tests carried on with these syllable series was, by means of repeated audible perusal of the separate series, to so impress them that immediately afterward they could voluntarily be reproduced.

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.

It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only then can they grasp the meaning of the song.

With network shows, writers can be so protective of every syllable.

She had a hit for every syllable: 'Don't. You. Ever. Talk. To. Me. Like. That. Ever. Again.' That was the last time I ever talked back to Mom.

As Chloe, I can honestly say I've never uttered a syllable of a curse word, not even behind closed doors.

I try to write conversationally; I try to write like people speak and put the emphasis on the right syllable.

The relation of repetitions for learning and for repeating English stanzas needs no amplification. These were learned by heart on the first day with less than half of the repetitions necessary for the shortest of the syllable series.