Famous quotes containing the words syllable and/or structure:
“He generally added the syllable um to his words when he could,as paddlum, etc.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.”
—C. Northcote Parkinson (19091993)