Quotes by Hyphens It's not enough to be American. You always have to be something else, Irish-American, German-American, and you'd wonder how they'd get along if someone hadn't invented the hyphen Frank McCourt hyphens enough wonder There are some men who in a fifty-fifty proposition insist on getting the hyphen too. Laurence J. Peter hyphens fifty men Tea - that perfume that one drinks, that connecting hyphen. Natalie Clifford Barney hyphens drink tea Hyphens, like cats, are capable of arousing tenderness or shudders. Pamela Frankau hyphens tenderness cat The only difference between resigning and resigning is a hyphen. Tim McCarver hyphens differences sports A cabinet is a combining committee, a hyphen which joins, a buckle which fastens, the legislative part of the state to the executive part of the state. In its origin it belongs to the one, in its functions it belongs to the other. Walter Bagehot hyphens cabinets states Some Americans need hyphens in their names because only part of them has come over. Woodrow Wilson hyphens names needs One must regard the hyphen as a blemish to be avoided wherever possible. Winston Churchill hyphens regard avoided