Liz

“Hence, the notion of the “cheese burger” by the late 1930s, with “burger” now referring to a disk of meat. Today, of course, one speaks of the veggie burger, taco burger, fish burger, and so much else, such that no one would object that burger is “not a word.” Now it is, but only because of grafting. We talk about eating a nice burger, and Abraham Lincoln brought back to life would picture us trying to consume a staid, small-town German tradesman.”
― John McWhorter, Words on the Move: Why English Won't - and Can't - Sit Still

“Okay, but even if my ass is fired, the rest of me will still be coming back to work, and I hope you won’t mind me working assless.”
― John McWhorter, Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter — Then, Now, and Forever

“If you're going to marry a man, make sure you like the drunk version of him, too. You're marrying more than one person...That's what some couples don't realize. When you get married, you're marrying a thousand people.”
― M.O. Walsh, The Big Door Prize

“We want our movies instantly. We order our groceries at lunchtime and expect them to arrive in time for dinner. We punch up cars to deliver us to our whims. The largest companies in America, from Amazon to Uber to Facebook, want to fill the air with buzzing drones dropping from the skies whatever you want and more of it. Manna is now always on the delivery menu.”
― John Dickerson, The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency