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)

“If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)