Quotations from Brainy Smurf 219

"The living language is like a cow-path: it is the creation of the cows themselves, who, having created it, follow it or depart from it according to their whims or their needs. From daily use, the path undergoes change. A cow is under no obligation to stay." --E.B. White, writer (1899-1985)

Quotations from Brainy Smurf 216

"As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler." --Calvin Trillin, writer (1935- )