Famous quotes containing the words verbal, roots and/or beginning:
“Adults understandably assume that the level of verbal proficiency a five-year-old displays represents his level of proficiency in all areas of functioningif he talks like an adult, he must think and feel like one. However, five-year-olds,... belie the promise of adult-like behavior with their child-like, impulsive actions.”
—Dorothy H. Cohen (20th century)
“The cold smell of potato mould, the squelch and slap
Of soggy peat, the curt cuts of an edge
Through living roots awaken in my head.
But Ive no spade to follow men like them.”
—Seamus Heaney (b. 1939)
“I couldnt find the spot where Frank had hidden the bag with the clothes. You cant imagine how cold I was until I found them. You know, Im beginning to understand why ghosts moan so in this sort of weather.”
—Lester Cole (19041985)