Dictionary Quotes

The word impossible is not in my dictionary.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A thesaurus is a dictionary on drugs.

— John Alejandro King

“Impossible is in the dictionary of fools”

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“Dictionary of Misunderstood Words”

— Milan Kundera

In the dictionary of …..

— Vikrant Parsai

In the dictionary of Cat, mercy is missing.

— Jane Hirshfield

“The dictionary contains no metaphors.”

— Paul Ricoeur

Impossibility is a dictionary word.

— Sri Chinmoy

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

— Vince Lombardi

Lead Your Life Similar To A Dictionary, Providing Meaning To Everyone Who Refers You.

— Anonymous

Republican comes in the dictionary just after reptile and just above repugnant.

— Julia Roberts

The dictionary is, however, only a rough draft.

— Monique Wittig

Girl: h3Y!!! WUt yEuW DuIn?? Me: About to throw a dictionary at your face -.-

— MLY AB

Facts are not science - as the dictionary is not literature.

— Martin H. Fischer

For me there is no such word as luck in the dictionary,

— Fabrice Muamba

Nonsense, n. The objections that are urged against this excellent dictionary.

— Ambrose Bierce

There are 1,025,109 words in the dictionary and not a single one of the can describe how I feel about you.

— Anonymous

A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love, often deciphered by children

— Markus Zusak

If you look up the word "gab" in the dictionary, it's insignificant of importance, of no substance. That's what gab is.

— Malachy McCourt

I think when dictionaries define words, there's a sort of hair-splitting that to most people doesn't make any sense, which is we're…

— Kory Stamper

Did you just use juxtaposition in a sentence?" "Yes, Sage" he said patiently. "We use it all the time with art, ...…

— Richelle Mead

The dictionary says my identity should be all about being separate or distinct, and yet it feels like it is so wrapped…

— Mary E. Pearson

In the dictionary, beautiful, love, amazing, and sweet all have the same definition: the definition is you.

— Kevin Huizenga

“As I make my way through, I feel okayness reaching through me. The funny thing is that okayness is not a real…

— Markus Zusak

“PCA- (Psychological Character Assassination) Is when someone changes from who they are and start living their lives, according to the standards of…

— De philosopher DJ Kyos

You need to release yourself of any expectation of what that material should be. Just start letting it be what it's naturally…

— Antony Hegarty

To define is to limit, to set boundaries, to compare and to contrast, and for this reason, the universe, the all, seems…

— Alan Watts

I used to go through the dictionary looking for unusual but nontechnical words. At one time, I thought the greatest word was…

— Tom Wolfe

Don't you think that's the main reason people find [writing] so difficult? If they can write complete sentences and can use a…

— Kurt Vonnegut

I love learning about different dialects and I own all sorts of regional and time-period slang dictionaries. I often browse through relevant…

— Ron Rash

Kids, she says. When they’re little, they believe everything you tell them about the world. As a mother, you’re the world almanac…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Everybody talks about being a role model. But if you look up the word 'role' in a dictionary, it describes playing a…

— Shaquille O'Neal

I can hardly believe that I even know this, but I am aware that Noah Webster's original dictionary, apart from being the…

— Bob Garfield

...piling up zeros in your bank account, or cars in your driveway, won't in and of itself make you successful. Rather, true…

— Russell Simmons

Dream dictionaries are so disappointing. They're so limited, and I think they're just total bullshit. I really do. I don't know much…

— Neko Case

Opinions are not to be learned by rote, like the letters of an alphabet, or the words of a dictionary. They are…

— Frances Wright

A panda walks into a tea room and ordered a salad and ate it. Then it pulled out a pistol, shot the…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

The verb 'to darn' is explained in my pocket dictionary as follows: 'To mend by imitating the texture of the stuff, with…

— Daniele Vare

What advice do you have for writers working on their first novels?If you feel called to write a book, consider it a…

— Kathleen Grissom

I hope that I state your case fairly: One of my great fears is misrepresenting you, even to myself, now that you…

— Michael Arditti