Quotes and Sayings about Slang

"All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry."
- Gilbert K. Chesterton
(Related: Poetry, Metaphor, Slang)

"The British have slang words, as we do, but it was fun."
- Dennis Farina
(Related: Fun, Slang, Words)

"I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'. I think 'swell' is lousy, but 'lousy' is swell."
- J. B. Priestley
(Related: American, Slang, Words)

"Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work."
- Carl Sandburg
(Related: Work, Language, Slang)

"The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect."
- Carl Sandburg
(Related: People, Language, Respect, Sea, Slang)

"I write in American slang."
- Norman Spinrad
(Related: American, Slang)

"It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even the slang of today."
- Henry David Thoreau
(Related: Slang, Today)

"In China, when you get to the airport everyone be talking in American slang."
- Ike Turner
(Related: American, Slang, Talking)