A Quote by Anthony Burgess

The downtrodden are the great creators of slang.

Anthony Burgess

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Anthony Burgess
English - Writer
February 25, 1917 - November 22, 1993

I found a great book called 'Slang Through the Ages' by Jonathon Green. It's basically a thesaurus of historical slang, and had lots of great old uses.

Scott Westerfeld

The Jewish background is not that far from the black groove. Blacks are downtrodden, Jews are downtrodden, therefore they have something in common in that affliction. Being downtrodden often makes one more empathetic and sympathetic.

Jerry Leiber

I beg your pardon: correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays. And the strongest slang of all is the slang of poets.

George Eliot

In general, American slang is much better than English slang. The entire world picks up American slang.

Jesse Sheidlower

We had a great producing staff and great filmmakers, but for me, my mission , as a producer, was to make sure that the creators were happy with the film Death Note and that their voices were heard. I felt, if the creators were proud and happy with the film, then in turn, the fans would be proud and happy with the film because the creators know the fan base, inside and out.

Masi Oka

There's an old little jingle: 'The chief use of slang is to show that you're one of the gang.' What that means is that every social group has its own linguistic bonding mechanism. If there's a group of lawyers, they have their own slang. If there's a group of doctors, they have their own slang, and so on.

David Crystal

Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang.

John Galsworthy

We are the creators, not only of our own destiny, but ultimately we are the creators of universal destiny. We are the creators of the universe.

John Hagelin

We have so many fantastic creators - female creators as well as male creators that have their own followings, their own fans, and their own books that are successful.

Gail Simone

Other dances are like languages, like French or Spanish, but my steps are slang, and slang is always changing.

Savion Glover

I've found that there are only two kinds that are any good: slang that has established itself in the language, and slang that you make up yourself. Everything else is apt to be passe before it gets into print.

Raymond Chandler

Hit records create slang, and if you create slang, you get into a broader conversation level.

No I.D.

Slang has always moved this way. From Cockney rhyming slang to codes swapped among highwaymen, they're tribal badges of identity, bonding mechanisms designed to distinguish the initiated, and to keep strangers out.

Susie Dent

I believe in nurturing creativity and offering a haven for creators, enabling them to develop their ideas to the fullest. With more and more talented creators being drawn to Cirque in an environment that fulfills them, these are ideal to continue developing great new shows.

Guy Laliberte

One of the things I'm excited about is the observation that gamers are creators and creators are gamers too. We used to think of creators as workstation customers and think of gamers as consumers.

Jensen Huang

Creators of content on the Internet are very commonly creators of community. Often times, this community is the most interesting and the most valuable part of making stuff, and many creators require that relationship to inspire them to make stuff.

Hank Green

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