Vowel Length Rule

Famous quotes containing the words vowel, length and/or rule:

“Brute animals have the vowel sounds; man only can utter consonants.”
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)

“A playwright ... is ... the litmus paper of the arts. He’s got to be, because if he isn’t working on the same wave length as the audience, no one would know what in hell he was talking about. He is a kind of psychic journalist, even when he’s great.”
—Arthur Miller (b. 1915)

“Here’s the rule for bargains: “Do other men, for they would do you.” That’s the true business precept.”
—Charles Dickens (1812–1870)