Emphatic State

Famous quotes containing the words emphatic and/or state:

    Over emphatic negatives always suggest that what is being denied may be what is really being asserted.
    Jonathan Raban (b. 1942)

    D--n me, stranger, ef you can’t stay as long as you please, and I’ll give you plenty to eat and drink. Play away, stranger, you kin sleep on the dry spot tonight!
    —Administration in the State of Arka, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)