Always remember that striving and struggle precede success even in the dictionary. — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
The eyes of men converse as much as their tongues, with the advantage that the ocular dialect needs no dictionary, but is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
What I didn't say was that each time I picked up a German dictionary or a German book, the very sight of… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock. — George Chapman Copy Share Image
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I want to preach the gospel so plainly that men can come from the factories and not have to bring along a… — Billy Sunday Copy Share Image
“ breathtaking , adj . Those mornings when we kiss and surrender for an hour before we say a single word.” — David Levithan Copy Share Image
The word 'defeat' is not to be found in my dictionary, and everyone who is selected as a recruit in my army… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Sometimes words just don't get you there... don't let you say all the stuff from deep in your heart, stuff that no… — Bill Condon Copy Share Image
I used to teach. I quote American history and I love words. I've read the dictionary I don't know how many times… — Jackee Harry Copy Share Image
Patriotism, n. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I couldn't have opened a store without putting books with the clothes. I am still writing as I have always done, and… — Sonia Rykiel Copy Share Image
“People are laughing at me today for having holes in my pockets, and ink blood on my fingers- a thirty-something old writer,… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
We are all imprisoned by the dictionary. We choose out of that vast, paper-walled prison our convicts, the little black printed words,… — Mervyn Peake Copy Share Image
When a superior intellect and a psychopathic temperament coalesce in the same individual, we have the best possible condition for the kind… — William James Copy Share Image
Knowledge above the average can be crammed into the average man, but it remains dead, and in the last analysis sterile knowledge.… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
The traditional dictionary definition of the difference is that an alcoholic will steal your wallet in a blackout, come to, and apologize… — Jerry Stahl Copy Share Image
“About 35-40% of the time, a player wants to create a word ending in a specific letter. This, however, is not the… — Richard D. Ekstrom Copy Share Image
“Though a work of literature can be read in a number of ways, this number is finite and can be arranged in… — W H Auden Copy Share Image
The American Heritage Dictionary defines crucible as "a place, time, or situation characterized by the confluence of powerful intellectual, social, economic, or… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
One dictionary defines denouement as "a final part in which everything is made clear and no questions or surprises remain." By that… — Pseudonymous Bosch Copy Share Image
Somebody told a lie one day. They couched it in language. They made everything Black ugly and evil. Look in your dictionaries… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The Constitution has to be interpreted loosely, otherwise it becomes a straitjacket. You can't interpret it literally. You can pretend to, and… — Richard Posner Copy Share Image
A library is many things. It's a place to go, to get in out of the rain. It's a place to go… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
The dictionary definition of a Christian is one who follows Christ; kind, kindly, Christ-like. Anarchism is voluntary cooperation for good, with the… — Ammon Hennacy Copy Share Image
Cantona's expression speaking the whole French dictionary without saying a word. — Barry Davies Copy Share Image
Cynicism has all the smart words on it's side; idealism uses a nursery school dictionary. — Michael Arditti Copy Share Image
Gratitude is a useless word. You will find it in a dictionary but not in life. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
If you look up the definition of greatness in the dictionary, it will say Michael Jordan. — Elgin Baylor Copy Share Image
Whoever said words can't hurt people, Never got hit in the face by a dictionary. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Are there any more beautiful words in the English dictionary than 'see you tomorrow? — Jennifer Flackett Copy Share Image
